Inspection and certification bodies in Belfast

Bia Analytical Ltd is a Belfast-based, ISO/IEC 17025-accredited laboratory that tests herbs, spices and other food commodities for authenticity and adulteration using spectroscopy and chemometric analysis.

Aberystwyth Animal Health Laboratory Ltd, trading as the Wales Veterinary Science Centre, is a not-for-profit diagnostic laboratory in Aberystwyth that provides veterinary and agricultural laboratory testing, including livestock postmortem examinations, to the Welsh farming sector.

Alex Stewart Agriculture (AS International Corporation Ltd) is a UKAS-accredited inspection and testing company based in Liverpool that provides GAFTA- and FOSFA-approved cargo inspection, sampling and superintending services alongside food and feed laboratory analysis for agricultural commodity shipments.

Beechwood Laboratories Limited is a family-owned, UKAS-accredited food testing laboratory in Ballyclare, Northern Ireland, that has provided microbiological and chemical testing to the food and feed sector since 1984.

Bureau Veritas is a global testing, inspection and certification group whose food and agriculture division covers GLOBALG.A.P. and food safety certification. Its BVAQ agri-food laboratories in Southeast Asia perform pesticide residue and contaminant testing on fruits and vegetables for export markets.

Campden BRI (Chipping Campden) Limited is a UKAS-accredited food and drink industry testing and research organisation based in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, that offers laboratory analysis and testing services covering topics including agriculture and raw materials, cereals, and microbiology.

Control Union is a Netherlands-based certification and inspection group present in over 80 countries. It offers GLOBALG.A.P. and organic certification, commodity inspection, laboratory testing, and fumigation services across agricultural supply chains.

Ecocert is a France-based certification body operating in more than 130 countries, best known for organic agriculture certification. It also certifies producers to the GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance standard.

Eurofins Scientific operates a network of laboratories across 60-plus countries and is a leader in pesticide residue testing. Its food and feed laboratories test fruits and vegetables against maximum residue levels for export markets such as the EU, US and Japan.

Eville & Jones (GB) Ltd is a Leeds-based veterinary services company that has been a Food Standards Agency service delivery partner for official meat hygiene controls in approved meat establishments in England and Wales for over 30 years, and separately provides Export Health Certification services enabling the export of products of animal origin.

Forth Scientific Ltd is an environmental microbiology testing laboratory in Dalgety Bay, Scotland, that holds UKAS accreditation and offers water, air and food chemical and microbiological analyses.

Intertek is an accredited GLOBALG.A.P. certification body operating in over 100 countries. Its fruit and vegetable services include microbiological, residue and contaminant testing plus organic food testing for fresh produce supply chains.

Mérieux NutriSciences runs a global network of ISO 17025 accredited food laboratories. It provides multi-residue pesticide testing and other food safety analyses on fruits, vegetables and other matrices for regulatory compliance.

National Milk Records Limited, trading as National Milk Laboratories, operates a UKAS-accredited dairy testing laboratory in Glasgow that provides milk payment, antibiotic residue and quality testing services to UK milk processors and farmers.

NSF is an accredited GLOBALG.A.P. certification body for agriculture and aquaculture producers. It runs an extensive global food safety audit network and offers farm certification schemes including GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance and Chain of Custody.

Organic Farmers & Growers CIC (OF&G) is a UK organic certification body based in Albrighton, Shropshire, that has operated as a Defra-approved organic control body for more than forty years and states on its own site that it certifies over 50% of all organic land in the UK.

SGS is a global testing, inspection and certification company with a dedicated fresh produce service group. It provides GLOBALG.A.P. certification, pesticide residue and laboratory testing, and agricultural commodity inspection through a worldwide laboratory network.

Sperrin Technical Laboratories Ltd is a UKAS-accredited laboratory in Moneymore, Northern Ireland, providing microbiological and chemical testing, including antibiotic residue detection, allergen screening and meat speciation, for the food and feed industry.

TÜV Rheinland is a Germany-based testing and certification group operating in over 70 countries. It provides GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance and Chain of Custody certification for fruit, vegetable and crop producers.

TÜV SÜD PSB operates ISO 17025 accredited food testing laboratories in Singapore recognized by the Singapore Food Agency. It offers chemical, pesticide residue and microbiological analysis for food and agricultural products.