SGS Seed and Crop News: December 2020
In this edition of SGS Seed and Crop Canada News:
- Launch of Biological Seed Testing Solutions for North America
- Pet Food and Ingredient Testing for Safer Consumption
- Feed Mixer Validation for Improving Uniformity
- Phytosanitary Testing for Efficient Grain Exports
LAUNCH OF BIOLOGICAL SEED TESTING SOLUTIONS FOR NORTH AMERICA
As biological seed enhancements gain traction and distribution, much analysis is conducted to support regulation, prove efficacy and clearly define benefits. Within North America, the SGS seed testing team provides enhances services in these areas:
- Treatment coverage and load rate
- Compatibility with commercial products
- Seed safety including germination and vigor
- Storability, both short and long term
- Microbiological survivability
- Dust off and flowability
PET FOOD AND INGREDIENT TESTING FOR SAFER CONSUMPTION
SGS is ready and capable of testing a full range of ingredients, finished pet foods, and companion animal treats. The analysis we perform assists manufacturers in maintaining the nutritional integrity of pet products, while also ensure domestic and export requirement are fulfilled. Learn about our services:
- Nutritional testing to quantify mineral presence and labelling
- Microbiological testing to satisfy your internal, domestic, or export benchmarks
- Heavy Metal testing to qualify new ingredient vendors
- Amino Acid testing to understand comprehensive profiling
- Stability testing to suit standards and shelf life
- Toxin testing to confirm safety
FEED MIXER VALIDATOIN FOR IMPROVED UNIFORMITY
The quality of a mixed feed or a mineral is, in part, the result of the uniform distribution of ingredients throughout. The determination of mixer performance is an important step in high quality complete feed production. SGS offers a 10-sample mixer validation testing protocol for common nutrients including manganese, zinc, sodium, and salt.
PHYTOSANITARY TESTING FOR EFFICIENT GRAIN EXPORTS
SGS Sherwood Park is authorized by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to conduct REGAL grain analysis, which is used to generate phytosanitary certificates for container and vessel shipments. Our REGAL services benefits grain handlers with speed of analysis, understanding of quality, and control of document flow to CFIA. We analyze for the presence of weeds, soil and insects, as designated by the importing country, and will also engage SGS staff for on-site sampling.
