RESTEC@ECLIPSE

PESTICIDE RESIDUE TESTING SERVICES

FOOD & DRINK

Our laboratories have been performing pesticide residue analysis for 20 years and we therefore understand the need for fast, accurate and reliable analysis. We offer a choice of tailored services, which allow our customers to deliver the product assurance the market place demands.

• Quality – The laboratory has UKAS accreditation to ISO 17025 for analysis in foodstuffs with one of the widest ranges of pesticide screens in the UK. We routinely participate in FAPAS proficiency testing and we also hold GLP compliance. In addition, we maintain a well developed and extensive internal quality control system, which helps control critical, processes and ensures consistency and accuracy of results. Click here for more details.

• Integrity – As an independent laboratory we maintain total confidentiality of the identity of our clients and their information.

• Efficiency – We routinely work to and deliver a typically 5 and maximum 10 working day turnaround for fruit and vegetables – but regularly meet faster turnarounds and can deliver rapid analysis for positive release situations, when requested to do so.

• Multi Residue screening - This is the core of pesticide residue monitoring.  We offer a very comprehensive and relevant screen for some 150 analytes including:

• In-house analysis – Restec@Eclipse offers testing for a very wide range of pesticides much of which is UKAS accredited. This means we rarely need to subcontract the analyses requested by our clients, enabling us to deliver results rapidly and all generated from the same high quality testing system.

• Sample collection - Our fleet of fully refrigerated vehicles provides a nationwide sample collection service, enabling us to keep control of the condition of samples from the moment they leave the client’s site.

• Residue Emergency Service (RES) – We know that sometimes our clients need results ASAP. Our emergency response service reports results and offers technical support the same day or within 24hrs, when required.

• Electronic Reporting - Electronic and/or hard copy Test Certificates are provided to all our clients. Any results outside the MRL specification are communicated immediately, according to the procedure previously agreed - but usually by telephone by a senior member of the Residues team to a client nominated contact.
  
  For fresh produce, results are reported in the recommended Fresh Produce Consortium format and include the following information
  
  all relevant sample details
  test results
  method references
  recovery data
  EU/UK MRLs

• Web based access to results and data trending – Eclipse has a dedicated IT support team which has developed the most advanced secure web based portal system available within the industry, delivering:
  
  
  • Authorised results, immediately available, with all sample details attached
  • Secure and controlled sharing of information, across multiple client sites
  • Data trending customised to clients’ own specifications
  • A vital management tool, saving hours of client time in manipulating results, for analysing changes and making comparisons
  
  
  
• Support and Guidance - We aim to develop strong working relationships with our clients. We offer technical support and assistance in devising pesticide residue schedules and protocols – utilising our technical expertise, knowledge of historic residue patterns, PRC programmes and pesticide usage. We work with our clients, combining their wealth of knowledge about their products together with our expertise on pesticide residues, legislation and analysis to ensure monitoring programmes are relevant, targeted and cost effective.

• Monthly Pesticide Bulletin - In addition to providing specialist technical support we are committed to ensuring we help our clients keep up to date with current developments. We provide them with a month by month summary of all the latest news and developments within the field of pesticide residues, together with interpretation of new legislation and e-mail it to a nominated contact. Click here to see archive copies of these Bulletins.

• Development and Innovation - Keeping abreast of new compounds, test methods and technology is vital to our business success. A planned capital investment programme, including state of the art LC-MS, maintains current technology at the forefront of laboratory analysis.

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PESTICIDE RESIDUE
TESTING SERVICES