As an experienced third-party testing laboratory, Alfa Chemistry Testing Lab regularly plays an active role in the analytical industry. More recently, the lab announces to extend its specialized testing range further to milk & dairy products for clients across the globe.
Over the last decade, Alfa Chemistry’s scientific and technical team never ceases their step in developing novel tests so as to make testing become faster and more effective. Once proved to be successful, these novel test approaches would be scaled up among more test items.
Food safety is always the top concern for consumers and food manufacturers. Hence, increasing testing demand arises from the milk & dairy industry. “Our technical staff can not only support regular R&D projects for milk and dairy products, but also provide innovative testing solutions that may not be available from other providers,” says the Marketing Chief of Alfa Chemistry.
Alfa Chemistry’s milk & dairy testing service is applicable for products as follows: milk (including raw), fresh cream, kumis, powdered milk, condensed milk, butter, cheese, yogurt, clabber, ice cream, and more. With the raised public food safety consciousness, regulatory authorities such as FDA have recently launched test guidance, standards, and specifications on dairy products such as milk and cream, cheeses, milk bread, rolls, and buns, milk chocolate, buttermilk chocolate, skim milk chocolate, sweet cocoa and vegetable fat coating, etc.
In general, the following aspects of milk & dairy products will be tested:
Nutrient content, which includes: protein, fat, Fe, Mg, Zn, Na, K, Ca, eicosatetraenoic acid, glucose, sucrose, fructose, and lactose.
Pesticide residues, such as organochlorine insecticide, fungicides, etc.
Heavy metals, such as total arsenic, lead, chromium, aluminum, total mercury, copper, etc.
Food additives, such as sorbic acid, potassium sorbate, food spice, saccharin sodium, benzoic acid, etc.
Microbial indicator, including colony total, coliform group, salmonella, staphylococcus aureus, listeria monocytogenes, etc.
Physical and chemical analysis, to specify impurity, acid value, sodium chloride, nitrate, trans fat, anion, fragrance, total nitrogen, etc.
Veterinary drug residue, which might be: β-lactams, benzylpenicillin, o-chloropenicillin, ampicillin, oxytetracycline, chlortetracycline, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, erythromycin, sulfonamides, dichloropenicillin, nitroimidazole and its metabolites, quinolones and fluoroquinolones, ciprofloxacin, streptomycin, dihydrostreptomycin, gentamicin, kanamycin, neomycin, etc.
Illegal addition, such as melamine, dicyandiamide, etc.
Environmental pollutant, such as urethane, β-lactamase, etc.
More information can be found here: https://www.alfachemic.com/testinglab/industries/dairy.html to learn more.
Thanks to the trust of customers worldwide, Alfa Chemistry Testing Lab has grown to be a reliable analytical testing service provider, offering a rich and comprehensive testing portfolio that spans various industries and fields. The laboratory staff are very familiar with all the important international standards and guidelines including ISO, GOST, TQSA, USDA, FDA, FOSFA, GAFTA, IFT, AOCS and SAL, and are constantly innovating their testing approaches, in a hope to bringing accurate results faster and with lower cost. With invaluable expertise and the state-of-the-art facilities, the technical team can meet the specific needs of various customers by using advanced analytical equipment and technology.