Testing Horticultural Products for Pesticide Residues
Pesticides are widely used in the agricultural sector to protect crops and foodstuffs from pests and diseases. We laboratory test over 1000 product types for a wide range of pesticide residues at our Wellington Laboratory, to ensure the quality of the products meets both domestic and international standards.
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Residue testing Offered by AsureQuality
Food authorities around the world require food producers to certify their products are free from pesticide residues below internationally accepted safe tolerances.
Scope of testing offered
Multi-residue - these screens provide the opportunity to test agricultural products for a wide range of pesticides in a single test.
Dithiocarbamate fungicides - used widely on a range of crops due to their high efficiency in controlling plant fungal diseases.
Acidic herbicides - used extensively to control agricultural weeds.
Testing techniques for pesticide residues
We deliver accurate, cost-effective, reliable and timely results using:
- Gas chromatography (GC)
- High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
- Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
- Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS)
