Overview

The Food & Environmental Laboratory has been operating from the IMVS on Frome Road in Adelaide for over thirty years. 

The laboratory is accredited by the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA), operates under a Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) Licence for microbiological analysis and testing, and has gained quality accreditation to ISO9001:2000 standard.

Medvet Food and Environmental Testing

Using  the latest Australian Standard Methods, British Pharmacopoeia methods and other relevant microbiological testing methods, the laboratory is able to conduct tests for:

Products (oral, topical) and Raw materials

• Coliforms
• Escherichia coli
• Enterobacteriaceae
• Yeasts and Moulds
• Standard Plate counts
• Pseudomonas Sp
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Salmonella
• Staphylococcus aureus

Environmental monitoring (air)

•  Bacteria and Yeasts & Moulds by settle plates

Surface hygiene

•  Bacteria by swabbing techniques

Water (manufacturing, environmental)

• Coliforms
• E. coli
• Standard Plate counts
• Pseudomonads
• Yeasts and Moulds
• Legionella pneumophila

Free sample Delivery

The Food and Environmental Laboratory can supply eskies, sterile sample containers and water collection bottles on request Free of Charge.

Deliver samples to the laboratory or contact our couriers on 8222 3530 for collection.

Regional clients can deliver samples to any IMVS Collection Centre in South Australia.