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.