Marine / Aquaculture food products Testing & Inspection

We specialize in testing various marine and aquaculture products, ensuring their safety, freshness, and compliance with international standards:

Fish and Fishery Products: Including fresh water fish to the processed fish we make sure that they undergo several tests in terms of safety and quality.

Crustaceans: They include crabs, shrimps, prawn and other shell fish that are export worldwide.

Cephalopods: Squids, octopus, cuttlefish and other species were used to determine the freshness, safety and standard compliance.

Fish Feed and Aquaculture Inputs: Feeding and watering management in aquaculture is subject to government regulation, and samples taken from the feed and water test this regulation.

Accurate testing services

1. Chemical Testing

It is thus important to look at the chemical aspects of the seafood product. Our tests detect harmful residues and contaminants to ensure regulatory compliance and consumer safety

Veterinary Drug Residues Testing: Some of the substances that interest us include chloramphenicol, nitrofuran metabolites, tetracyclines, sulphonamides and quinolones required by the international markets.

Marine Biotoxin Testing: These are the test for malachite green, crystal violet and its congeners to check for presence of deleterious dyes in the aquaculture products.

Pesticide Residue Seafood Analysis: We detect resistance to herbicides, antioxidant activity and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in seafood products.

Heavy Metals and Toxins: Identification of substances with potential of posing danger to life such as mercury, lead, arsenic, and PFAS compounds.

Nutritional Analysis: Nutrient and proximate profiles to confirm quality and nutrient composition of the vitamins, minerals and other ingredients.

Histamine Testing in Seafood: Crucial to discovering spoilage in seafood to meet the FDA testing on seafood and the EU regulation on seafood.

2. Microbiological Testing

Our microbiological testing services ensure seafood safety by identifying pathogens and evaluating microbial load:

Pathogen Detection: Screening for salmonella spp., vibrio spp., Listeria monocytogenes and other pathogenic microorganisms that cause risky food contamination.

Microbial Testing for Aquaculture: Microbial plate count such as total plate count, E. Colly count, yeast and mold count in order to keep checking on microbial activity.

HACCP Seafood Compliance: We guarantee that your processes are safe to use on a global level by conforming the KCP’s in production.

3. Water Testing

Water quality has first level effect on the safety of seafood products. We perform robust water testing to support sustainable aquaculture practices:

Aquaculture Water Testing: Sampling and analysis of processed, effluent, and finished product water to meet and exceed the EU directive and IS quality standards.

Chemical Analysis of Seafood and Water: Detailed surveys for potential contaminant and polluting agents with respect to the quality of seafood.

Seafood Inspection Services

Our inspection services offer thorough evaluations to product safety and export readiness:

1. Organoleptic Inspection

We assess sensory attributes such as:

Taste and mouthfeel to define freshness and quality of the product with reference to other senses.

The so called pipe line shrimp quality control which involves size separation, separation of skew batches, glazing and net weight determination.

2. Container Inspection

Our detailed inspections ensure containers are suitable for transportation:

Checking of the container doors, walls, ceilings and floors for signs of damage.

Evaluation of the packages and the condition in which the product was packed as well as the conditions they were subjected to when in transit.

3. Final Production Inspection

We conduct ready-to-shipment inspections to meet international export requirements:

Stakeholder consultations especially on ocean sustainability on seafood and assessment for these standards like HACCP and BAP.

Why Test Fish and Seafoods with Mettex for Reliable Results?

At Mettex, the pillars of our seafood testing services are built on the ground of reliability. The modem seafood board Analytical Laboratory is equipped with technologically sophisticated equipment, qualified international standard protocols and a highly competent staff which ensures accurate and reliable results. All tests, starting from chemical contaminant tests, including microbiological tests, and DNA species identification, are performed meticulously in accordance with the HACCP, FDA and EU seafood legislations.

Export Certification Testing

Mettex offers exporter focused testing services for quality compliance and to meet global standards of seafood products. Our services include:

Mercury Testing in Seafood: To detect trace levels as low as global safety limits for the presence of traces of contaminants in food products.

Antibiotics Residue Testing: Veterinary residues in seafood: The assessment of toxicity and risks to the consumer.

Pesticide Residue Seafood Analysis: Checking on HACCP, FDA and EU regulations when it comes to seafood.

FAQ’S

1. What do you understand as the role of seafood safety testing?

Seafood safety testing safeguards consumers by ensuring that marine products that are consumed are FREE from toxins, pathogen, and chemical residues. It assists to foster international regulatory compliance, safety requirements, quality standards in both local and export markets.

2. Which are major parameters often analyzed in seafood?

These include; heavy metals such as mercury, lead and arsenic; veterinary drug residues such as chloramphenicol; pesticide residues; microbial contamination such as Vibrio and Salmonella; and toxin such as histamine. These tests assist in checking whether the seafood products to be consumed meet brokers’ safety and quality requirements.

3. Is export certification testing done by Mettex?

Yes, testing for export certification to include HACCP, FDA, EU seafood regulations and all other certification of exports is offered by Mettex. These certifications do guarantee a smooth export experience and full-market conformity.

4. What is the method of histamine testing when it comes to seafood?

Analysis of histamine is done using sophisticated chemical methods to determine histamine contents of various food products including tuna and mackerel. This makes sure that the food is safe by reaching the international standard in safety and avoiding the health impact linked to histamine poisoning.

5. Are you interest in water test for aquatic fish farming?

Of course, we also offer services such as testing of processed water for aquaculture, the test of effluent water as well as water that is to be ingested. Hereby, we adhere to the EU directives and Indian IS standards that protect the quality and safety of the production environments, including seafood.