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Overview

Q Laboratories has provided analytical chemistry and microbiology laboratory services to companies around the world since 1966.  Registered with the FDA for pharmaceutical testing (Reg.# 1527260), cGMP/GLP Compliant and ISO/IEC 17025 Accredited, Q Laboratories is experienced in analyzing foods, food ingredients, pharmaceuticals, functional foods, OTCs, cosmetics, health and beauty products, nutraceuticals and raw materials.  Microbiology capabilities include: Shelf Life Studies, Pathogen Detection, Indicator Organism Enumeration, Challenge Studies, Microbial Identification, Time-Kill Studies, Antimicrobial Efficacy Testing and Sanitizer and Disinfectant Efficacy Studies.  Analytical chemistry services include: Raw Material Qualification, Purified Water Testing,  Active Ingredient Monitoring, Method Development and Validation, Stability Testing and Nutritional Analysis. An independent laboratory, combining state-of-the-art technology with personal service and attention, Q Laboratories, Inc. can provide services to meet all testing and quality assurance needs.  For over 50 years, Q Laboratories, Inc. has maintained excellence in science as well as customer satisfaction creating a level of confidence and trust among clients that is unparalleled. 

Standards & Methodologies

FDA/BAM, USDA/MLG, AOAC Official Methods of Analysis, ISO, USP/NF, EP, AOCS, ASTM, Food Chemicals Codex (FCC), EPA Methods; Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater; Standard Methods for the Examination of Dairy Products; Compendium of Methods for the Microbiological Examination of Foods

Qualifications, Certifications, Accreditations & Licenses

ISO/IEC 17025 Accredited, FDA Registered (Reg. #1527260), AOAC International Research Institute Recommended Laboratory, CDC ELITE Certified for Legionella Analysis in Water, MicroVal Expert Laboratory, AFNOR Expert Laboratory, GMP/GLP Compliant, EPA/DDGW Certified for Potable Water Microbiological Testing

Industries Served

  • Adhesives, Glues, and Tapes
  • Advanced Technology
  • Agriculture
  • Alcoholic Beverages
  • Anti-Microbials
  • Baked Goods
  • Beverages
  • Biopharmaceuticals
  • Biotechnology
  • Botanicals and Herbals
  • Candy and Confectionaries
  • Chemicals
  • Chocolate, Cocoa, and Cacao
  • Cleaning Products
  • Coffee and Tea
  • Consumer Products
  • Cosmetics
  • Dietary Supplements and Nutraceuticals
  • Disinfectants
  • Eggs and Egg Products
  • Fats, Oil, and Oilseeds
  • Fish and Seafood
  • Food Additives
  • Food and Beverage
  • Food Contact Surfaces
  • Food Supplements
  • Fruits and Vegetables
  • Functional Food
  • Green and Organic Products
  • Haircare
  • Herbs and Spices
  • Industrial Water
  • Meats and Poultry
  • Medical Devices
  • Medicinals and Botanicals
  • Microbes and Microorganisms
  • Milk and Dairy
  • Natural Products
  • Personal Care Products
  • Pet Food
  • Pet Products
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Prebiotics and Probiotics
  • Restaurants
  • Wine, Beer, and Liquor

Testing Types

  • Acid Value
  • Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient API
  • Aflatoxins
  • Alcohol Content by Volume (ABV)
  • Allergen
  • Anaerobic Plate Count
  • Analytical
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Anti-Bacterial
  • Antimicrobial Effectiveness Test (AET)
  • Automated Colony Forming Unit (CFU) Assays
  • Bacteria
  • Bacterial Kill Study
  • Bacterial Retention of Membrane Filters
  • Bioburden
  • Biomass
  • Boiling Point
  • Brookfield Viscosity
  • Caffeine
  • Calories
  • Campylobacter
  • Carbohydrates
  • Challenge
  • Chemical Residues
  • Chromatography
  • Chromium
  • Coliform Screen
  • Coliforms, Total
  • Colony Formation Assay
  • Colony Plating
  • Colormetric
  • Conductivity
  • Cronobacter
  • Decontamination Effectiveness
  • Dietary
  • Dissolution
  • Efficacy
  • Elemental Analysis
  • ELISA
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (FAME)
  • Fatty Acids
  • Fecal Coliform
  • flame atomic absorption spectroscopy (FLAA)
  • Food Allergens
  • Food Contact Surfaces
  • Food Safety / HAACP
  • Foodborne Pathogens
  • Freeze/Thaw Resistance
  • Fructose
  • FTIR Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
  • Glucose
  • Gluten
  • Heavy Metals
  • Hepatitis
  • Heterotrophic Plate Count
  • HPLC
  • Hydroxyl Value
  • Identification
  • Immunoassays
  • inductively coupled plasma - optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES)
  • Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectroscopy with Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Insoluble Impurities
  • Iron
  • Iron Bacteria
  • Legionella
  • Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)
  • Loss on Drying (under Vacuum)
  • Loss on Ignition
  • MALDI-TOF
  • Melting Point
  • Method Development
  • Method Validation
  • Microanalysis
  • Microbial Contamination
  • Microbial Enumeration Test (MET)
  • Microbial Identification
  • Mineral Analysis
  • MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION (MBC)
  • MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION (MIC)
  • Moisture
  • Molecular Biology
  • MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
  • Mycobacteria
  • Mycoplasma
  • Nutritional
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Particle Analysis
  • Particle Size
  • pH
  • Plating Evaluations
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
  • Predictive Microbiology
  • Preservative Analysis
  • Preservative Challenge
  • Product Safety
  • Proximate Analysis (Moisture, Ash, Volatile Matter, and Fixed Carbon)
  • Purity
  • Quality Control
  • Rancidity
  • Rapid Swabbing
  • Raw Material
  • Readily Oxidizable Substances
  • real time stability studies
  • Refractive Index
  • Research and Development (R&D)
  • Residue on Evaporation
  • Residue on Ignition
  • Rotational Rheometry
  • Safety
  • Salmonella
  • Saponification value
  • Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
  • Selenium
  • Shigella
  • Sieve Analysis
  • Solubility
  • Solvent Purity
  • Soxhlet Extraction
  • Specific Gravity
  • Spectrometry
  • Spectrophotometry
  • Spoilage Investigations
  • Spore strip (Biological Indicators) Enumeration
  • Stability
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Sucrose
  • Sugars
  • Sulfate reducing bacteria
  • Suspended Solids
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Total Aerobic Microbial Count (TAMC)
  • Total Organic Carbons (TOC)
  • Total Oxygen Demand
  • Total Viable Count
  • Trace Analysis
  • Turbidity
  • Ultraviolet (UV) Transmission
  • Unsaponifiable Matter
  • Uranium
  • UV/Vis
  • Viscosity
  • Vitamin
  • Water Activity
  • Weight Variation
  • Yeast

Publications

Q Laboratories, Inc. expands Microbial Identification Capabilities (Press Release)
Q Laboratories, Inc. Gains International Recognition (Press Release)
Q Laboratories Expands Capacity (Press Release)
Q Laboratories, Inc. Announces New Appointments (Press Release)

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