Seafood Import Testing

Food Environment Safety Analytical Testing Lab

Multi-Class Veterinary Drug Residue Test

80% of the US consumption of seafood is imported and 50% of it is sourced from aquaculture operations. As the seafood aquaculture industry expands, concerns for the use of unapproved veterinary drugs have increased. The FDA has issued an import alert on seafood due to the alarming increase in unsafe levels of antibiotics and antimicrobials such as chloramphenicol, nitrofurans, dyes, sulfonamides, and quinolones.

Multi-residue veterinary drug testing of sulfonamides, trimethoprim, fluoroquinolones, quinolones, triphenylmethane dyes, and methyltestostereone are quantified by LC-MS/MS.

Sample types: Salmon, Shrimp, Crab, Lobster, Trout, Tilapia, Eel, Pangasius, Sablefish, Swai

Method Origin: FDA LIB 4562

Brilliant Green
Ciprofloxacin
Crystal Violet Cation
Enrofloxacin
Flumequine
Leucocrystal Violet
Leucomalachite Green
Malachite Green Cation
Methyltestosterone
Nalidixic Acid
Norfloxacin
Oxolinic Acid
Sulfacetamide

Sulfachloropyridazine
Sulfadiazine
Sulfadimethoxine
Sulfadoxine
Sulfamerazine
Sulfamethazine
Sulfamethoxypyridazine
Sulfamethoxazole
Sulfapyridine
Sulfaquinoxaline
Sulfathiazole
Trimethoprim

Pesticide Residue Analysis

Multiclass/Multiresidue Pesticide Analysis:

Glyphosate
Carbamates
Organochlorines
Organonitrogens
Organophosphates
Pyrethrum/Pyrethroids
Triazols

Individual Pesticide Analysis:

Abamectin
Acephate
Azoxystrobin
Aldicarb
Bifenazate
Bifenthrin
Boscalid
Captan
Carbaryl
Carbofuran
Chlorantraniliprole
Chlordane
Chlorfenapyr
Chlorpyrifos
Clofentezine
Coumaphos
Cyfluthrin
Cypermethrin
Daminozide
Diazinon
Dichlorvos
Dimethoate
Dimethomorph
Ethoprophos
Etofenprox
Etoxazole
Fenhexamid
Fenoxycarb
Fenpyroximate
Fipronin
Flonicamid
Fludioxonil
Glyphosate

Hexythiazox
Imazalil
Imidacloprid
Kresoxim-methyl
Malathion
Metalaxyl
Methiocarb
Methomyl
Methyl parathion
Mevinphos
Myclobutanil
Naled
Oxamyl
Paclobutrazol
Pentachloronitrobenzene
Permethrin
Phosmet
Piperonylbutoxide
Prallethrin
Propiconazole
Propoxur
Pyrethrins
Pyridaben
Spinetoram
Spinosad
Spiromesifen
Spirotetramat
Spiroxamine
Tebuconazole
Thiacloprid
Thiamethoxam
Trifloxystrobin

Chloramphenicol Residue Test

Chloramphenicol is quantified using LC-MS/MS.

Sample types: Frog legs, Salmon, Shrimp, Crab, Lobster, Trout, Tilapia, Eel, Pangasius, Sablefish, Swai

Method Origin: FDA LIB 4508

Chloramphenicol Level of Concern: 0.3 ppb

Microbial Pathogen Screening

Microbial Pathogen Screening of Food products by qPCR and plate culture methods set forth by the FDA Bacterial Analytical Manual and United States Pharmacopeia.

  • Aerobic Plate Count
  • Yeast and Mold Plate Count
  • E. coli/Coliform Plate Count
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • Salmonella enterica
  • Candida albicans

Heavy Metals Analysis

Heavy Metals analysis by ICP-MS is available for your testing needs.

  • Arsenic (As)
  • Cadmium (Cd)
  • Lead (Pb)
  • Mercury (Hg)