Analytical Chemistry

IEH Laboratories and Consulting Group features several full-service chemistry laboratories that serve the needs of growers and food manufacturers with both classical chemistry methods as well as the most advanced chromatographic methods, including LC-MSMS, ICP-MS and GC-MS.

PESTICIDE TESTING

IEH-Environmental Micro Analysis (EMA) Laboratory is the head laboratory of our pesticide residue testing specialty division. EMA uses state-of-the-art instrumentation such as LC-MSMS, GC-MS, HPLC and GC for pesticide testing.

Services include:

• US-FDA, European Union & Japanese Positive List
• US-FDA Import Screen
• US-FDA residue analyses for detained foods (Detention Without Physical Examination)
• USDA Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) Pesticide Screen
• US-EPA Soils and Water Screen
• California Department of Food & Agriculture (CDFA) Positive List
• Carbamate Screen
• Chlorinated Herbicide Screening
• Organonitrogen/Organophosphate Screen
• Organochlorine/Synthetic Pyrethroid Screen

CHEMISTRY & NUTRITIONAL TESTING

IEH Laboratories provide powerful, state-of-the-art analytical technologies to perform chemical and nutritional testing of diverse matrices.

Services include:

• US-FDA Nutritional Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) Testing
• Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act (FD&C) Colors
• Vitamin Testing
• Proximate Analyses
• Fatty Acid Profile
• Protein
• Cholesterol
• Dietary & Crude Fiber
• Organic Acid Profiles
• Fat and Oil
• Metals and Minerals
• Peroxide
• Sugars
• Alcohols
• Amino Acids
• Caffeine