Accreditation

Accredited laboratory meets the requirements of the standard SFS-EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005.
Scope of accreditation by FINAS:

Foodstuffs

  • Determination of pesticide residues, multiresidue method
  • Chlormequat
  • Inorganic bromide
  • Dithiocarbamates
  • Acrylamide
  • Furan
  • 3-MCPD (3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol)
  • PAH-compounds (Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons)
  • Aflatoxins B1,B2,G1 and G2
  • Ochratoxin A
  • Patulin
  • Histamine
  • Nitrate
  • Arsenic
  • Mercury
  • Lead and cadmium
  • Iron, zinc and calcium
  • Tin in canned food
  • Benzoic acid and sorbic acid
  • Chloride
  • Sulphite content
  • Synthetic food colours:carmousine, sunset yellow, ponceau 4R
  • Detection of watersoluble synthetic food colours
  • Sweetening agents: acesulfame-K, aspartame, saccharin
  • Caffeine
  • Basic components in food:protein, fat, ash and moisture
  • Milk fat content
  • Hydroxyproline in meat products
  • Sugar content
  • Soluble dry matter
  • Starch content
  • Ethyl alcohol
  • Glycerol in alcoholic beverages
  • Vitamin C
  • Vitamins B1, B2 and B6 and niacin
  • Radioactivity (Cs-137)
  • Detection of irradiation
  • Detection of genetically modified organisms (GMO)
  • Quantitative determination of GMO soya and maize
  • Aerobic micro-organisms
  • Faecal streptococci and Enterococci
  • Yeasts and moulds
  • Coliforms and faecal coliform bacteria
  • Pathogenic vibrio-species
  • Bacillus cereus
  • Campylobacter jejuni/coli
  • Clostridium perfringens
  • Enterobacteriaceae
  • Escherichia coli
  • Escherichia coli O157
  • Listeria monocytogenes
  • Salmonella
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Yersinia enterocolitica

Consumer goods

Ceramics and other foodware
- migration of lead, cadmium, nickel and chromium

Plastics in contact with foodstuffs
- overall migration
- migration of formaldehyde

Plastics
- cadmium

Toys
- testing of mechanical and physical properties
- migration of certain elements (As, Ba, Cd, Cr, Hg, Pb, Sb, Se)
- safety of toys: inflammability

Textiles
- formaldehyde
- quantitative fibre analysis

Cosmetic products
- parabens

Other products

Narcotics
- quantitative determination of amphetamin and heroin

Fuel analytic
- vapor pressure of gasoline
- sulphur content
- Solvent Yellow 124 marker and red colourant
- density



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