Comprehensive Microbiology Testing
Safeguard Your Food Products & Your Facility
Our Capabilities
Proteins, Ready-to-Eat foods, Low-moisture products, Flavorings, Sauces, Shelf-stable foods, Dairy, Produce, Packaging
iQ-Check, BAX, Gene-up, VIDAS, Solus, Tempo, Petrifilm, BAM, USDA/MLG, ISO
- Raw materials, intermediates, and finished products
- AOAC Official Methods of Analysis (OMA) only
- ISO 16140 Part 3 product-specific verification
Testing Summary
Salmonella, Listeria, STEC, Campylobacter, Shigellao maintain a hygienic production environment.
Yeast, Mold, Aerobic Plate Count (APC), Enterobacteriaceae, Coliform, E. coli, Staphylococcus, Lactic Acid Bacteria, Clostridia, Spore formers
FDA major food allergens, mycotoxins, tetracycline
Surface, air, water, utilities
Rapid pathogen confirmation, “house bug” profiling, unknown microbial source identification (Bruker MALDI)
Note: This overview is not exhaustive. For detailed information on client-specific protocols or proprietary Q Labs methodologies, please contact us directly to discuss your specific requirements.
- Aerobic Plate Count [APC] 966.23
- Aerobic Plate Count [APC] 990.12
- B. cereus PTM #071401
- Campylobacter PTM #051201
- Coliform and E. coli 991.14
- E. coli O157:H7 PTM #020801
- E. coli O157:H7 PTM #031002
- Enterobacteriaceae 2003.01
- Enumeration of E. coli or Coliform 966.24
- Gluten 2012.01
- Gluten PTM #051101
- L. monocytogenes PTM #010802
- L. monocytogenes PTM #121402
- Lactic Acid Bacteria PTM #041701
- Listeria 999.06
- Listeria PTM #051802
- Listeria PTM #081401
- Listeria PTM #090701
- S. aureus 2003.07
- S. aureus 975.55
- Salmonella 2011.03
- Salmonella 2013.02
- Salmonella OMA 2017.06
- Salmonella OMA 2020.03
- Salmonella PTM #101802
- Staphylococcal Enterotoxins 2007.06
- Yeast and Mold 2014.05
- Alicyclobacillus
- Anaerobic Plate Count [AnPC]
- Clostridium
- Enterobacteriaceae
- Fecal Streptococcus
- Lactic Acid Bacteria
- Mesophilic Aerobic Spore Count
- Mesophilic Anaerobic Spore Count
- Osmophilic Yeast
- Psychrotrophs
- Sulphite Reducing Clostridium
- Thermophilic Aerobic Spore Plate Count
- Thermophilic Anaerobic Spore Plate Count
- Thermophilic Flat Sour Spores
- Almond
- Beta-Lactoglobulin
- Brazil Nut
- Casein
- Cashew
- Chlortetracycline
- Coconut Protein
- Egg
- Fish
- Hazelnut
- Macadamia
- Milk Allergen
- Mollusk Protein
- Oxytetracycline
- Peanut
- Pecan
- Pine Nut
- Pistachio
- Sesame
- Soy
- Tetracycline
- Tropomyosin Protein (Crustacea)
- Walnut
- Aerobic Plate Count [APC]
- B. cereus
- C. perfringens
- Coliform and E. coli
- Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli
- E. coli O157:H7
- Fecal Coliform
- Listeria
- S. aureus
- Salmonella
- Shigella
- Aerobic Plate Count [APC] 4833
- Cronobacter 22964
- Enterobacteriaceae 21528
- Enumeration of Mesophilic Lactic Acid Bacteria 15214
- Salmonella 6579-1:2017 Part 1
- Residual Bacterial Count [RBC]
- Standard Plate Count [SPC]
- Coliform - Colilert
- Coliform - m-ColiBlue24
- Coliform - Thermotolerant (fecal)
- Coliform and E. coli - Colilert
- Coliform and E. coli - m-ColiBlue24
- E. coli - Colilert
- E. coli - m-ColiBlue24
- Escherichia coli - Membrane Filtration
- Heterotrophic Plate Count [HPC] - Membrane Filtration
- Heterotrophic Plate Count [HPC] - Pour Plate
- Total Coliform - Membrane Filtration
- Total Coliform (Ohio EPA)
- C. perfringens USDA/FSIS MLG
- Campylobacter USDA/FSIS MLG 41.04
- E. coli O157:H7 USDA/FSIS Current MLG/AOAC PTM# 031002
- E. coli O157:H7 USDA/FSIS MLG 5.09
- L. monocytogenes USDA/FSIS MLG 8.10
- Listeria USDA/FSIS Current MLG
- Listeria USDA/FSIS MLG 8.10
- Salmonella USDA/FSIS Current MLG
- Salmonella USDA/FSIS MLG 4.08
- Salmonella USDA/FSIS MLG Appendix 2.05
- STEC USDA/FSIS-MLG 5B.05