Our accreditations
Overview
The laboratory is accredited by COFRAC for a range of programmes and has one of the most comprehensive and extensive accreditation scopes for the detection of contaminants in foodstuffs and water:
- Allergens
- Contaminants from packaging and processing
- Pesticide residues
- Heavy metals
- Mycotoxins
- Alkaloids
- Veterinary drug residues
- GMOs
- Species authentication
- Process contaminants
- Food colourings
- Dioxins and PCBs
- Norovirus and Hepatitis A
- Food microbiology
- Nutritional values
- Water analysis
Central laboratory
Phytocontrol is based at the Parc Scientifique Georges Besse II, in Nîmes, France. The site is COFRAC accredited:
COFRAC accreditation scope 1-1904 for Laboratoire Phytocontrol 1
Find the detail of our full internal scopes:
Local laboratory
The Laboratoire Phytocontrol Proxilab Bretagne, located on the outskirts of Rennes, in Vézin-le-Coquet, comprises a laboratory of more than 500m². This first local laboratory is dedicated to food microbiology as well as water microbiology and physico-chemistry. The site is COFRAC accredited:
Phytocontrol España
The Phytocontrol España laboratory, located in Barcelona, holds full expertise and ENAC accreditations in water and food microbiology:
- 282/LE590 – Ensayos en el sector medioambiental (Laboratorios de ensayo)
- 282/LE567 – Ensayos de productos agroalimentarios (Laboratorios de ensayo)
What is a flexible scope?
Laboratoire Phytocontrol is recognised as competent by COFRAC to adapt and implement, within the field covered by the general scope, any recognised method, and to develop any other method it has validated.