Food Testing

Microbiological Testing of Foods
(and Other Products)

Food products and production facilities

Food producers can take advantage of our wide range of microbiological testing solutions to help you ensure that your food production facilities continue to comply with requirements. All of the main testing groups are supplied to food producers throughout New Zealand. Note we also have an extensive supply of water tests to measure amongst other things the microbiological contamination in waters.

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About this Testing

Our extensive microbiology testing service is used by a large number food producers, importers and regulators to ensure food products comply with the relevant, in-house, industry, New Zealand or International Standard

The main types of test on sample types are as follows:

Aerobic plate count
Salmonella
Clostridium perfringens
Staphylococcus aureus
Listeria monocytogenes
Enterobacteriaceae
Total coliforms
Faecal coliforms
E.coli
E.coli O157 (PCR)
Listeria species including Listeria monocytogenes
Bacillus cereus
Lactic acid bacteria
Mesophilic spores
Yeasts & moulds
Campylobacter
Vibrio

Other Services

Shelf life testing
Challenge testing for antimicrobial effectiveness
Hygiene monitoring of manufacturing sites (swabs)
Sampler training for water and swabbing
NMD audits

Unsure about the correct container to use to submit a sample? Consult our container guide

If you have a requirement to monitor the microbiological quality of water used in your food production process click here to follow the link to microbiological testing of water.