Lab+ | FSNS

Your single-source provider for all your food safety contract research needs.

Why choose FSNS Lab+?

Our team includes highly trained scientists and process authorities with extensive food industry knowledge.
We meet with you to design a study that fits your timeline, budget, and safety needs.
We provide a final report that your whole team can understand so you can make sound business decisions.

Fill out our contact form today and let our team show you the Lab+ difference!

Process Validations

Thermal-process validation studies (both laboratory-based simulations and in-plant with surrogates)
Non-thermal process validation studies (both laboratory-based simulations and in-plant with surrogates)
FDA Low-Acid Canned Foods (21 CFR 113) and acidified-product compliance (21 CFR 114) and validation
Representation of processors and importers with FDA
Temperature distribution and heat-penetration studies
Consumer and commercial cook instruction validation
Thermal process determination, evaluation, and filing
Process deviation evaluations
Ethylene oxide, gamma irradiation, and hydrogen peroxide sterilization/validation
Process filings
Aseptic processing
Investigation and resolution of spoilage problems and FDA-detained product

Challenge Studies

Pathogen challenge studies
Listeria challenge studies to demonstrate compliance with USDA Alternative 1 or Alternative 2 status, Refrigerated Foods Association guidelines, or other regulatory or industry trade association guidelines
FDA Food Code required product assessments for determining Temperature Control for Safety (TCS) status
USP <51> antimicrobial-effectiveness studies for consumer products
Inoculation with any pathogenic organism
Spoilage organism challenge studies
Inoculation with any spoilage organism
Antimicrobial ingredient minimum inhibitory concentration studies

Shelf-Life Studies

Cooler and retail display case refrigerated storage studies
High precision temperature and humidity chamber stability studies
Room temperature ambient storage studies
Spoilage microorganism growth, organoleptic evaluation, package integrity evaluation, and chemical evaluation
Accelerated shelf life (Q10 Model) studies:
Elevated temperature storage for ambient temperature products with a long shelf life
Organoleptic evaluation, package integrity evaluation, and chemical evaluation

Additional Testing & Validations

Microbial strain typing
Hygiena RiboPrinter® – Genetic Fingerprinting
Bruker IR Biotyper® – Phenotypic Fingerprinting
Molecular testing services
We are a Non-GMO Project Certified Laboratory
GMO detection and quantification
Meat speciation
Virus and parasite detection: Hepatitis A, Norovirus, Cyclospora
Facility assessment services
Facility contamination troubleshooting services
Facility process assessment services
On-site laboratory audits
Pre-harvest food safety detection services
Livestock fecal and tissue sample testing for foodborne pathogens
Microbial identification
Bacterial identification – biochemical identification; 16S rRNA gene sequencing
Fungal identification – biochemical identification; 18S rRNA gene sequencing
Bacterial toxin testing
Staphylococcal enterotoxins
Bacillus cereus diarrheal enterotoxin
Gram-Negative endotoxin testing
Data collection and modeling studies
Thermal modeling studies – collection of thermal data from ovens, fryers, roasters, etc., and modeling to determine foodborne

Customized Research Solutions for Your Food Safety Needs