Description

More unscrupulous/ethically-questionable brands may not perform microbiological testing at all – so consumers, especially those looking to ‘stock up’ on a particular product (where all units share the same production batch code), may want to check for microbiological contaminants themselves to double-check and ensure they are not exposing themselves to dangerous microbiological contaminants when consuming their food supplements.

We offer microbiological testing across 4 of the most common pathogens found in food products, yeast and mold, and also aerobic plate count. And we also offer a discounted package to perform all of these microbiological contaminant tests in one go – for full peace-of-mind.

ACCREDITATION

If your test is for commercial purposes ie for the purpose of gaining an accreditation mark for your product, and is not a consumer order, please ensure you purchase through the product listing marked ‘Accredited’ and not through this product listing.

This product listing is for non-accredited testing – primarily for consumers wanting to test the food supplements that they consume (or intend to consume), for retesting purposes (where supplements have attained accreditation in prior years), or ad-hoc commercial testing where accreditation is not wanted/required.

LEADTIME

Order leadtime is 7-10 business days from sample arrival at our laboratory.

TESTING LIMITATIONS

Microbiological contamination can occur for a number of reasons, and the source of contamination can vary. So, whilst we’re confident in our microbiological testing when it comes to confirming the safety of a specific batch of food supplement – receiving a ‘pass’ on one test instance, does not in any way guarantee that microbiological contamination will not occur on other batches of the same brand/product.

Even more so, a ‘pass’ result doesn’t even fully protect against contamination occurring in a separate pack from the same batch – if, for example, contamination occurred during the process of final packing, and only certain packs within a full batch were affected.

So, in effect, receiving a ‘pass’ in a microbiological test should be taken more as a potential signal of good brand/manufacturer quality control, but never as a 100% confidence signal that microbiological contamination will NEVER occur on this brand/product.

DELIVERY OF RESULTS

Results are delivered in digital format only, via detailed PDF reports displaying raw data alongside commentary to translate the raw data into more easily understandable terms, and to explain test parameters/methodology used.

This will be delivered directly to the email address that you submit upon placing your order.

Since this is a test not linked to an accreditation process, a summary version of the test results will also be published publicly in our results database, and shared with our email subscribers.