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Fapas - Proficiency Testing
Globally recognised provider of proficiency tests, running over 400 tests annually across an extensive range of matrices and analytes
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Great Crested Newts Testing
A single sample taken by an ecologist at any time during the newt breeding season can determine their presence or absence, saving you time and money
To protect your brand, Fera can ensure your compliance with food safety regulations, protecting public health and supporting traceability.
Our Authenticity Testing
As a leading provider of analytical testing services to global agri-food industries, please see our services below to protect your brand. Our testing capabilities provide peace of mind for a more safe, supply chain, providing traceability and quality assurance for food and beverage products
Honey
We offer extensive honey quality and authenticity analysis capabilities. We are the only laboratory in the UK to be the preferred partner of the UMF® Honey Association as an official testing laboratory for independently verifying the UMF® rating of Manuka honey.
Meat and Seafood
Offering a variety of meat and fish authenticity testing, Fera are able to provide insight into the authenticity of your produce using tests which include, but are not limited to, species identification, geographic origin studies and feeding regime verification to support your due diligence activities.
Gelatine
As gelatine is a highly processed product (and a high level of processing disrupts DNA and proteins), it is difficult to determine the species of origin as methods such as DNA analyses and protein analyses by immunoassays are disrupted. Fera has developed a peptide LC-MS/MS technique which can be used to determine the origin of the gelatine, for example whether a food product or ingredient contains ruminant or pork gelatine, to a known detection level.
Wines, Beers, Spirits and Fruit Juice
Strengthening your brand and consumer confidence: Utilising a multidisciplinary approach, Fera can provide an overall snapshot of wine, spirits and fruit juice samples, evaluating their quality against known and lesser-known adulteration tactics. This will support your quality control provisions to support accurate labelling and identify adulterants. For fruit juice, testing is available to substantiate ‘not from concentrate’ claims.
Egg Authenticity Services
Probiotic Testing
Probiotics are the largest non-herbal traditional dietary supplements category in the global market. The World Health Organization define probiotics as live microorganisms that, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host. A probiotic strain must be viable (live), at an expected concentration (quantity) and proven to deliver a health benefit to the consumer (health claim). A strain is a genetic variant of a species.
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