Lab Analyses

One Scientific Ltd is a UKAS accredited testing laboratory No. 2048 offering a wide range of microbiological testing of all food types including food, drink and dairy from our accredited and RSA (M&S & Tesco) approved laboratory.

We offer a range of microbiological water tests in all water types including process, potable, borehole and BSRIA to support the water treatment industry.

Food Testing

Food safety and the prevention of microbiological contamination is a priority and a legislative requirement at all stages of food manufacturing and supply chain.

Pathogen Testing

• Salmonella spp
• Listeria monocytogenes
• Listeria spp
• E.coli O157
• Campylobacter spp
• Vibrio spp

Rapid Testing (VIDAS)

• Salmonella spp
• Listeria monocytogenes
• Listeria spp

Enumeration Testing

• Clostridium perfringens
• Coliforms
• Escherichia coli
• Enterobacteriaceae
• Pseudomonas spp
• Enterococci
• Bacillus cereus
• Staphylococcus aureus
• Aerobic plate count
• Lactic acid bacteria
• Yeast and MouldsPseudomonas aeruginosa
• Acetobacter
• Bacillus spp

Water Testing

Whether you are using water from a borehole, potable water as a raw material, or are a manufacturer, water quality is essential for the environment and public safety.

We can test the following water types:

• Potable Water
• Raw Water
• Private Water Supplies
• Natural Mineral Water, Spring Water and Bottled Water
• Swimming Pool and Spa Water
• Process Water
• Wastewater
• Closed Water Systems/Tanks
• RO (Reverse Osmosis) Water

For the following microbiological tests:

• Legionella spp.
• Total Viable Counts (TVC)
• Escherichia coli
• Coliforms
• Enterococci
• Sulphite reducing Clostridia
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Pseudomonas spp.
• Nitrate Reducing Bacteria
• Nitrite Oxidising Bacteria
• Sulphate Reducing Bacteria
• Staphylococcus spp.
• Bacillus spp.
• Shigella
• Flavobacterium
• Mould

If required, results of Legionella testing can be reported 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Your results are available in real time, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via our secure web-based labPortal system.

Swab Testing

Hygiene is one the most critical factors in any food manufacturing operation and forms a fundamental part of your HACCP due diligence.

Swabbing is a quick, cost effective method for monitoring the hygiene of both your premises and staff.

Swabbing monitors the effectiveness of the food factory hygiene program and validates cleaning procedures.

We can test for the following microbiological organisms:

• Listeria spp
• Salmonella spp
• Aerobic mesophilic count
• Coliforms
• Enterobacteriaceae
• Escherichia coli
• Pseudomonas spp
• Staphylococcus aureus
• Yeasts and Moulds
• Bacillus cereus
• Clostridium perfringens
• Lactic acid bacteria
• Escherichia coli O157

Air quality testing

Microbiological monitoring of air is a key component of environmental monitoring in organisations such as hospitals, food factories, cleanrooms and other controlled environments. Air plates are inexpensive, easy to use and ideal for providing an early warning of problems in environments such as a high-risk food factory.

We can provide air plates for air quality monitoring and generally test for the following microbiological organisms:

• Aerobic Colony count
• Yeasts and Moulds

Non-routine testing

In addition to routine microbiological testing, we can offer the following:

• Challenge testing

  to simulate what could happen to a product following inoculation with relevant micro-organism(s) and storage under the representative conditions.

• Real time and accelerated shelf-life evaluations

  shelf-life determination is essential when developing new food products. When time constraints are limited some form of shelf-life prediction is useful. One Scientific performs ‘real time’ and ‘accelerated’ shelf-life testing; the latter is a useful predictive tool for both NPD and troubleshooting.

• Alleged food poisoning

  when a consumer claims an alleged illness after consuming food it is important to everyone involved to find out whether their complaint is justified. One Scientific can offer specialist advice and testing should this situation occur.

• On-site troubleshooting and consultancy

  our specialist team of scientific specialists and consultants are able to help with queries over the phone and onsite.

• In-laboratory basic microbiological training

  training for food QA staff in the principles of microbiology, testing of their products, time frames and interpretation of their results.

• Tailored research

  we can offer a bespoke service tailored to suit your food business requirements.

One Scientific offer a wide range of food and water chemistry testing at competitive prices, with rapid turnaround.  In addition to food nutritional testing, we can offer water treatment chemical analysis and provide specialist chemistry testing to meet your requirements.

Nutritional

One Scientific Ltd offer a wide range of chemical analysis including nutritional labelling.

Our priority is to ensure that our customer’s meet all their food manufacturing legislative requirements.

Using modern analytical equipment, One Scientific provides customers with a cost-effective quality service for nutritional analysis, including:

• Energy
• Nitrogen
• Protein
• Total fat
• Fatty acid profile
• Total dietary fibre
• Available carbohydrate
• Total sugars
• Sodium
• Salt
• Meat content

Food Chemistry

Our priority is to ensure that our customer’s meet all their food manufacturing legislative requirements.

Using modern analytical equipment, One Scientific provides customers with a cost-effective quality service for chemical analysis, including:

• Acidity (pH)
• Water activity
• Peroxide value & free fatty acids
• Vitamin and minerals
• Sulphur dioxide
• Pesticide and residue testing
• Salt in aqueous

Water Chemistry

One Scientific Ltd. offer a wide range of inorganic and organic chemical analysis from our modern laboratory.

Our priority is to ensure that our customer’s meet all legislative requirements associated with water quality. Using modern analytic equipment One Scientific can provide customers with a cost-effective quality service for chemistry water testing.

This analysis includes:

• Conductivity
• Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)
• pH
• Hardness
• Alkalinity
• Nitrate
• Sodium
• Heavy Metals
• Suspended Solids
• Turbidity
• Oxygen Absorbed (OA)

One Scientific Ltd is a UKAS accredited testing laboratory No. 2048 offering a range of accredited allergen, authenticity and virus testing, using ELISA & PCR techniques for finished product samples, raw ingredients, and swab samples.

Allergens

Food allergen testing is essential in ensuring your regulatory compliance and protecting consumers. We offer comprehensive allergen testing to detect allergenic ingredients and allergen cross-contamination that can occur during the food supply chain.

We can offer the following testing:

Allergens by ELISA:

• Almond
• Beta-lactoglobulin
• Casein
• Crustacea
• Egg
• Gluten
• Histamine
• Mustard
• Peanut
• Sesame
• Soya

Allergens by PCR:

• Almond
• Celery
• Fish
• Molluscs
• Peanut

Authenticity and Animal Speciation

Animal species identification in food has increasingly acquired importance due to public health, economic and legal concerns. Religious and ethical criteria can be at risk in the case of food adulteration. For vegetarian or vegan food, the presence of traces of animal products needs to be ruled out.

We can offer the following testing:

Meat speciation by PCR:

• Beef
• Pork
• Poultry
• Horse
• Sheep
• Goat
• Turkey

We can also offer accredited Animal DNA testing to check the vegan status of food products and ingredients providing highly sensitive detection of any animal species.

Norovirus and Hepatitis A in Food

Detecting foodborne viruses at an early stage and keeping an effective surveillance program is critical for food and environmental safety. One Scientific are proud to be seeking UKAS accreditation for the detection of foodborne viruses including human noroviruses and Hepatitis A in food.

One Scientific can manufacture a range of quality controlled prepared media products and can supply a range of laboratory equipment and consumables at very competitive prices, including the below:

Ready prepared media

• Pre-poured plates
• Pre-prepared broths
• Contact plates
• Dip slides
• Bespoke media

Laboratory supplies

• Water bottles
• Swabs
• Petri dishes
• Powdered media and supplements
• Laboratory equipment
• Hygiene wipes
• Food bags and containers