Industrial and environmental pollutants may be present in seafood. These pollutants can cause health hazards such as food poisoning when consumed. Evaluation for microbial contaminants, chemical contaminants and antibiotic residues is necessary and must be carried out on each shipment of frozen seafood.

Backed by state-of-the-art laboratory facilities and skilled microbiologists/ professionals, TÜV SÜD provides a comprehensive range of testing services such as microbiological analysis, chemical analysis and species identification, for the seafood industry.

The seafood testing services include:

Microbiological analysis

• Evaluation of seafood hygiene levels
• Detection of bacteria and bacterial pathogens including total aerobic plate count, Escherichia coli, coliforms, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella, Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Chemical analysis

• Fungicide residues
  • Malachite Green by LC and/or LCMSMS
    

• Antibiotics residues
  • Chloramphenicol by LCMSMS & enzyme immunoassay techniques
  • Nitrofurans by HPLC
  • Nitrofuran metabolites by LCMSMS
  • Fluoroquinolones by LC fluorescence detector and/or LCMSMS
  • Tetracyclines by LCMSMS

• Chemical contaminants
  • Toxic metals
  • Formaldehyde
  • Methyl mercury

• Freshness indicators
  • Histamines
  • Indoles

Species identification

• Fish species identification