At Al Mokhtabar Food & Environmental Swab Division, we conduct a wide range of tests and analyses using our scientific and technological strengths. Microbiological contamination is a serious safety concern in many industries and legislation mandates that all food businesses must ensure healthy practices.
Testing is available for restaurants, touristic establishments, and food manufacturers quickly, efficiently and through certified testing across Egypt for all needs of production, catering, and exports.
Al Mokhtabar is an ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited medical testing laboratory that offers microbiological food testing to detect food-borne pathogens and spoilage organisms as well as environmental microbiological analysis. Samples can be picked up from your establishment throughout Egypt capitalizing on our widely spread laboratory network of branches and our fleet of couriers.
The following services are offered for food, feeds, and environmental swabs:
- – encompassing raw meats, poultry, seafood, ready-to-eat meals, fresh fruits, vegetables, juices, milk & dairy products, cereals, nuts, herbs, and additives.
- covering food and beverages to ensure safe consumption, product quality, and product integrity. It is a pre-requisite for safeguarding correct food labeling as well as protection of consumers against adulteration, misbranding of food, and unsafe beverages. We do so, using a combined approach of suitable food legislation coupled with increased controls by food authorities. Specific analysis can be carried out based on the need including trace elements, heavy metals, mycotoxins, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), illegal food dyes, antibiotics & veterinary drug residues, food additives, and vitamins.
- to verify whether a food businesses’ cleaning and sanitation programs are effective (known as cleaning verification)
Our Mega lab is the heart of our operations and the foundation of all our scientific and technological advancements. Click on the video (hyperlink) to take a tour of our lab to see how we carry out our business with high levels of accuracy.
Certificates:
- CAP (College of American Pathologists)
- EGAC (Egyptian Accreditation Council)
