The laboratory was opened by laboratory group Eurofins in Suzhou. It is recognised to Chinee’s first food-testing laboratory which reaches the international standards for pesticide screenings, melamine and heavy metal testing and microbiological analyses.

Eurofins claim that imported products from China can be analysed deeply and will be in European standards. Eurofins also control the service [...]

Candy which was imported from Mexico is been recalling by  King Midas Inc, a California-based food distribution company, due to high level of lead contamination.

According to recent analysis of Hola Pop by the California Department of Public Health, the product includes high amount of lead. Th product is a caramel lollipop with a salted apricot [...]

To determine GM foods, PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) based methods, commercial kits, bio-sensors, microchips and other methods are used.

PCR Based Methods: The most important steps in this method are; isolation of DNA, purification of DNA and preparing samples. The main methods of PCR are PCR-ELISA, Real-time PCR, Doubles, Multiplex PCR and quantitative PCR.
Commercial Kits: There [...]