Food Science and Safety Services
Food Microbiology
Maxxam provides identification of a wide range of microbes in any food or water sample.
Maxxam Analytics is the ideal partner for your food quality testing and safety programs. Maxxam is accredited by the Standards Council of Canada and is an ISO 17025 accredited laboratory. Our wide scope of expertise helps you mitigate risks and guard your brand reputation at every stage of the process: from supplier audits and analysis of raw materials, to process quality assurance, quality control checks and final product analysis, to investigating consumer complaints. Our food quality and testing services include
- Allergen testing – USA or CDN allergens
- Nutritional Labeling – USA and CDN simulated labels with available nutritional claims
- Border Issues – microbiology, species ID, allergens
- Shelf-life testing
- FBI (Food Borne Illness complaints)
- Package Label Review
As leaders in food sciences, Maxxam maintains close relationships with:
- CIFST – Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology
- OFPA – Ontario Food Protection Association
- FCPMC – Food And Consumer Products of Canada
- CFIA – Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- Health Canada
- FDA – US Food & Drug Administration
- FSIS – Food Safety & Inspection Service
- USDA – United States Department of Agriculture
- MOE – Ontario Ministry of Environment
- MAPAQ – Ministère de l’agriculture, pêcheries et de l’alimentation du Québec
- MDDEP – Ministère du développement durable, environnement et des parcs