Food Investigations
- Authentication of Essences and Essential oils
- Authentication of vegetable oils
- Identification of animal fat types.
- Authentication of spirits and liqueurs
- Smoke Taint in Wine
- Identification of foreign objects in food:
- Metals
- Plastics & rubbers
- Biological items (hairs, teeth, insects)
- Common drugs and poisons screen
- Monomer migration
- Synthetic Food Colours
- Chloropropanols
- Methanol in wines and spirits.
- Quinine in wines and tonic drinks.
- Heavy metal levels.
- Inorganic Arsenic
- Bisphenol A (BPA)
- Acrylamide
- Antioxidants (BHA, BHT, EQ, TBHQ, Parabens, Gallates)
- Gums & Thickeners
- Steviol Glycosides
- Ascorbyl Palmitate
- Rosemary Extract
- Natural and synthetic wax coatings on fruit
- Food Acids
- Benzo[a]pyrene
Other services
- Expert Witness Provision
- Insurance Claim Investigations
- Forensic and Legal Investigations.
Techniques
- Optical microscopy
- Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
- Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR)
- X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF)
- Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA)
- Chromatography (GC, HPLC, GC-MS, LC-MS)
- Physical testing
- Classical chemistry test
For enquiries, contact Lee Kennedy
- B.App.Sci (Applied Chemistry)
- Authorised Analyst, Authorised under the Food Act of Victoria for the chemical analysis of foods and under the Health Act of Victoria for the analysis of Drugs, Articles and Substances.
- Approved Analyst, under the Food Act of NSW, 2003
- Approved Analyst, under the Food Act of SA, 2003
- NATA Technical Assessor, Food Chemistry.
- Member, Royal Australian Chemical Institute.
- Member, Australian Institute of Food Science & Technology.
- Member, Australian & New Zealand Forensic Science Society.
- Member, AOAC.