ARC IRENE ANALYTICAL SERVICES - MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY
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The Microbiology Laboratory is part of the ARC-Irene Analytical Services situated in the Meat Science Building on the Irene Animal Production Institute campus. The main objectives of the Microbiology laboratory are to enhance microbiological Food and Feed Security and Safety, Shelf life studies of food and feed products, provide analytical services to national, provincial, local government structures and to clients in the food and feed industry. The laboratory is accredited by the South African National Accreditation System (SANAS) to the international criteria defined in ISO/IEC 17025:2017.
The following accredited services are on offer by the laboratory:
Detection of
Salmonella spp,
Listeria monocytogenes and
Staphylococcus aureus in different food and feed matrix groups.
Determination of organisms in different food and feed matrix groups: Total aerobic count, Coliforms,
E.coli, yeast and moulds,
Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus, Enterobacteriaceae and Clostridium perfringens.
The schedule of Accreditation can be viewed on the SANAS website
www.sanas.co.za, Testing laboratories, Laboratory number T0063.
The following are some of the non-accredited services also on offer by the laboratory:
Determination of Lactic acid bacteria,
Enterococci spp., Anaerobic and Aerobic organisms,
Pseudomonas spp., to name a few.
For a detailed list that contains all the services, the laboratory can be contacted by
e-mail.
For more information, please contact: Ms Wilma Hale (Head of Laboratory)
Telephone number:
+27 (0) 12 6729230 ~
Mobile number: 072 345 8330 ~
E-mail address:whale@arc.agric.za
Address: Old Olifantsfontein Road (M18), ARC-Irene Campus, Meat Science Building.
ARC IRENE ANALYTICAL SERVICES - GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY
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The Chemical analytical laboratory provides analytical services to the Food and Feed industry on a broad technical basis through product analysis. The laboratory is accredited by the South African National Accreditation System (SANAS) to the international criteria defined in ISO/IEC 17025: 2017.
The services we provide includes a complete spectrum of feed and food product tests, chemical testes, microbiological and physical tests. These are amino acids, fatty acids, gross energy, dietary fibre, carbohydrates, crude fibre, proximate analyses, phosphate activity, etc. We also provide do fat-soluble vitamins, water-soluble vitamins, and fats & oils though not accredited under current schedule yet.
The schedule of Accreditation is available on the SANAS website:
www.sanas.co.za. The Laboratory number is T0063.
For more information contact: Boitsheko Mahapa (Head of Laboratory: Chemical)
Telephone number: +27 (0) 12 672 9044/9294 ~
Email:
mahapab@arc.agric.za
ARC IRENE ANALYTICAL SERVICES - SENSORY EVALUATION LABORATORY
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The Sensory Analysis Unit of the Agricultural Research Council has an extensive track record of analysing foods for sensory evaluations and chemical content. Click
HERE for more information.
ARC ELSENBURG ANALYTICAL SERVICES
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The ARC-Elsenburg Analytical Services, a satellite laboratory of ARC-Irene Analytical Services, and part of of the Animal Production Institute, situated in Elsenburg, Western Cape, provides the Dairy Industry with Analytical Services for dairy products. The facility includes well-equipped laboratories (Microbiology and Chemistry) as well as a factory section and a lecture room for training purposes. The laboratory is accredited by the South African National Accreditation System (SANAS) to the international criteria defined in ISO/IEC 17025:2017.
The following services are on offer by the laboratory: Total Aerobic Bacterial Count Coliforms and
Escherichia coli Yeast and Moulds Phosphatase Analysis Inhibitory Substances – Delvotest SP-NT
Fat / Protein / Lactose / Somatic Cell Count / Milk Urea Nitrogen / Solids Non-Fat / Total Solids / pH / Freezing Point Depression.
Fat (Mojonnier) & Total Solids.
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Other analyses include homogenisation efficiency and calcium analysis
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The schedule of Accreditation can be viewed on the SANAS website
www.sanas.co.za, Testing laboratories, Laboratory number T0063.
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