industries served

Food manufacturers and processors may need laboratory testing at several points—from incoming ingredients and production through finished-product evaluation and release.

Biotrax supports testing involving raw materials, in-process samples, finished products, production environments, and water used in applicable operations.

Testing may support:

• Routine quality and verification programs.
• Product-release decisions.
• Ingredient and supplier requirements. 
• Customer specifications.
• Food pathogen and microbiological testing. 
• Allergen-control and sanitation verification. 
• Environmental monitoring. 
• Shelf-life and product-quality studies. 
• Product, process, or facility investigations. 

Relevant Services:
Food & Beverage Testing · Microbiological Testing · Food Pathogen Testing · Allergen Testing · Environmental Monitoring · Shelf-Life & Quality · Analytical Chemistry

Beverage companies may need to evaluate microbial quality, spoilage concerns, formulation consistency, water quality, product stability, and selected chemical characteristics.

Biotrax supports testing for beverage ingredients, concentrates, powders and mixes, in-process samples, finished beverages, production environments, and applicable process-water systems.

Testing may support:

• Routine microbiological quality monitoring. 
• Investigation of spoilage or unexpected product changes.
• Beverage formulation and batch comparisons. 
• Shelf-life and packaging studies. 
• Environmental and sanitation verification. 
• Process-water evaluation. 
• Caffeine testing for liquids, powders, and mixes. 
• Brix, vitamin C, peroxide value, and other applicable analytical testing. 
• Customer or internal product specifications. 

Relevant Services:
Microbiological Testing · Environmental Monitoring · Water Testing · Shelf-Life & Quality · Analytical Chemistry · Allergen Testing

Co-packers and contract manufacturers may manage different products, formulations, allergens, customer specifications, testing schedules, and documentation requirements within the same operation.

Biotrax supports third-party testing involving incoming materials, production environments, in-process samples, finished products, water systems, and applicable customer programs.

Testing may support:

• Customer-specific product requirements. 
• Routine microbiological or pathogen programs. 
• Allergen-control and cleaning verification. 
• Environmental-monitoring schedules. 
• Finished-product release testing. 
• Shelf-life and formulation projects. 
• Investigation of unexpected results or product concerns.
• Corrective-action follow-up. 
• Testing across different products or customer programs.

Relevant services:
Food & Beverage Testing · Microbiological Testing · Food Pathogen Testing · Allergen Testing · Environmental Monitoring · Shelf-Life & Quality · Analytical Chemistry · Water Testing

Breweries may use third-party testing to monitor microbiological conditions, investigate spoilage, evaluate water used in production, and review product quality over time.

Biotrax can support testing involving brewery products, process samples, production environments, water systems, and applicable quality investigations.

Testing may support:

• Microbiological quality and spoilage evaluation.
• Yeast, mold, bacterial, or product-specific concerns. 
• Sanitation and environmental-monitoring programs. 
• Process-water and potable-water testing. 
• Investigation of unexpected flavor, aroma, appearance, or stability changes.
• Shelf-life and product-quality review. 
• Comparison of production lots or process conditions.

Relevant Services:
Microbiological Testing · Environmental Monitoring · Water Testing · Shelf-Life & Quality · Analytical Chemistry

Ingredient and raw-material suppliers may need laboratory data to support customer specifications, supplier programs, lot evaluation, product documentation, or investigation of an unexpected result.

Biotrax supports testing for applicable food and beverage ingredients, powders, mixes, commodities, and other raw materials.

Testing may support:

• Microbiological quality evaluation. 
• Food pathogen testing. 
• Allergen testing. 
• Moisture and water-activity specifications. 
• Mycotoxin testing for applicable products (total aflatoxin).
• Selected heavy-metal testing.
• Species-identification questions. 
• Supplier, customer, or internal specifications. 
• Comparison of lots, suppliers, or material conditions. 

Relevant services:
Microbiological Testing · Food Pathogen Testing · Allergen Testing · Analytical Chemistry

Biotrax may support applicable manufacturing, packaging, filling, storage, and other controlled facilities that need microbiological information related to surfaces, facility air, compressed air, process water, or other quality-focused concerns.

Testing may support:

• Environmental surface monitoring. 
• Air-settle plate monitoring. 
• Compressed-air microbiological testing. 
• Process-water evaluation. 
• Sanitation verification. 
• Baseline development and trend review. 
• Investigation of recurring or unexpected findings. 
• Customer, audit, or internal quality requirements. 

Method suitability and reporting requirements should be confirmed before sample submission, particularly for operations outside traditional food and beverage manufacturing.

Relevant services:
Environmental Monitoring · Water Testing · Microbiological Testing · Analytical Chemistry

Product and facility concerns can arise during receiving, storage, handling, and distribution—not only during manufacturing.

Biotrax supports distributors, warehouses, and storage operations that need third-party testing related to products, facility conditions, supplier requirements, customer concerns, or unexpected quality issues.

Testing may support:

• Evaluation of incoming or stored products.
• Investigation of damaged, affected, or questionable lots.
• Comparison of affected and unaffected samples.
• Microbiological or pathogen concerns. 
• Environmental surface or air monitoring. 
• Shelf-life and quality evaluation.
• Supplier or customer specifications. 
• Follow-up after a storage, sanitation, or facility concern. 

Relevant services:
Microbiological Testing · Food Pathogen Testing · Environmental Monitoring · Shelf-Life & Quality · Analytical Chemistry

Biotrax provides testing for potable water, non-potable water—including applicable wastewater samples—and water used in manufacturing or other processes.

Water clients may include:

• Manufacturers and processing facilities.
• Potable-water users and system operators.
• Wastewater and treatment-system clients.
• Property and facility managers. 
• Quality and environmental teams. 
• Organizations monitoring process or utility water.
• Clients responding to a water-quality concern.

The correct analysis depends on where the water comes from, how it is used, why testing is needed, and whether a specific method or NYS ELAP-certified result is required.

Confirm the required analysis, container, volume, preservation, and delivery time before collecting the sample.

Newer food and beverage companies may understand their product and business objective but be unsure which laboratory analysis, sample amount, or testing schedule applies.

Biotrax can help clarify available testing options and submission requirements for companies developing products, establishing initial quality programs, responding to customer requests, or preparing for recurring testing.

Testing may support:

• Product-development questions.
• Initial microbiological or pathogen testing.
• Allergen evaluation. 
• Shelf-life and quality studies. 
• Analytical product characteristics. 
• Customer or co-packer requirements.
• Investigation of an unexpected result.
• Development of an appropriate starting testing plan. 

You do not need to select every method before contacting us. Start by telling us what the product is, where the sample comes from, and what the result needs to help you determine.