Melamine Detection and Testing

Melamine detection and testing in food, animal feed, and food additives ingredients.

Melamine screening and analysis of food related products:
Melamine detection and testing is available for food and agricultural products, raw materials and ingredients. Intertek laboratories provide rapid testing turn-round and are cost effective. Samples can be rapidly shipped on a global basis to the melamine testing laboratories.

Intertek provides melamine detection and analysis services to food companies, agricultural firms, retailers, food importers, manufacturers of ingredients, foodstuffs and other businesses. Melamine testing includes laboratory analysis of processed foods, animal feeds, wheat gluten, rice protein concentrate and corn gluten. The Intertek laboratories provide US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended analytical methods for melamine testing, screening and quantitative analysis using Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS).

Melamine analysis and detection capabilities:

• Screening of food ingredients for the presence of melamine
• Specific quantification of levels of melamine present in tainted ingredients and foodstuffs