Food Forensics

AsureQuality has an unparalleled sleuthing expertise for source identification of foreign body and chemical contaminants. Our forensics team based at Wellington Laboratory uses a forensic sleuthing approach to discover process and quality assurance/control issues and have available the widest range of test methods and instrumentation for material and contaminant identification – from simple visual characterisation at low and high magnifications to powerful chemical analysis.

AsureQuality is the only commercial laboratory able to offer the powerful general inorganic and organic chemical characterisation technique of infrared microscopy. We characterise and identify inorganic and organic materials using optical microscopy, infrared microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive x-ray analysis and gas and liquid chromatographic techniques.

Download the Food and Environmental Forensic Submission Form for:
New Zealand (69KB PDF)  |  Australia (32KB PDF)