Agrifood

Analyses, training and consulting for the food industry

Food safety

Together, let’s ensure
consumer safety

Protect your products and your brand with Phytocontrol’s long-standing expertise. We carry out comprehensive COFRAC-accredited analyses to detect pesticides, mycotoxins, dioxins and contaminants, while guaranteeing optimised turnaround times.

We develop tailor-made methods and digital solutions to secure your production and manage your compliance with complete peace of mind.

Products

Find the analyses suited to your sector

Tailor-made analysis solutions for all food industry sectors

Innovation & Methods

Our expertise

Analyses

We offer analyses to check the regulatory compliance of your foodstuffs.

Pesticides

Phytocontrol analyses more than 850 active substances and metabolites.

  • Regulatory analyses
  • Multi-residue analyses by GC-MS/MS & LC-MS/MS screening
  • Multi-residue analyses by hydrolysis
  • Single-residue analyses
  • Targeted analyses adapted to your matrix
  • Custom analyses
Heavy metals
  • Lead, cadmium, nickel, mercury, copper, arsenic…
  • Arsenic speciation
  • Mercury speciation
  • Fluorine assay
Mycotoxins

Ochratoxin A, aflatoxins (B1, B2, G1, G2, M1), deoxynivalenol, fumonisins (B1 + B2), patulin, T2 and HT2 toxins, alternaria toxins, zearalenone…

Alkaloids
  • Ergot alkaloids
  • Datura alkaloids (tropane)
  • Pyrrolizidine alkaloids
  • Chaconine and solanine
  • Piperine
  • Capsaicinoids
GMOs
  • Marker analyses: bar, FMV, NPTII, P35S, TNOS
  • Detection and quantification of more than 85 GMO events
PFAS

PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS, PFNA and their sum

Dioxin
  • PCDD/PCDF
  • Sum of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs
  • Sum of non-dioxin-like PCBs
Allergen

Identification and quantification of the 14 allergens subject to mandatory labelling

Authenticity
  • Identification of adulteration (substitution, concealment, dilution, mislabelling)
  • Identification of meat, fish, plant and fruit species, and microbiota
Contaminants formed during processing (PAH, MCPD, Acrylamide)
  • PAH
  • 3-MCPD, 3-MCPB fatty acid esters, glycidol fatty acid esters
  • Acrylamide
Microbiology
  • Coliform bacteria, escherichia coli, listeria monocytogenes, listeria spp, bacillus cereus, enterobacteria, yeasts and moulds, salmonella spp, e-coli O157…
  • Norovirus and hepatitis A
  • Identification of bacterial and yeast strains by MALDI-TOF
  • Stability control of canned products
Veterinary drug residues
  • Multi-residue screening
  • Targeted analyses by substance family
  • Specific analyses (e.g. chloramphenicol)
  • Screening for veterinary drug residues in offal, milk, muscle, eggs and fishery products.
Radioactivity

Detection and quantification of radionuclides (Cs 134, Cs 137, I 131…)

Nutritional values
  • Analysis according to regulatory labelling (1169/2011)
  • Physico-chemical analyses (acid value, peroxide value, minerals, colourings, additives…)
Other contaminants (Perchlorates, Nitrates, Nitrites)

Mineral oils

Phytocontrol AgriFood

Regulation

Our regulatory team supports you in assessing the compliance of your products, providing daily monitoring of applicable regulations and directives, draft texts and standards.

Our experts Céline and Aurélie are here to help.

  • Audit

    A comprehensive quality audit to assess your production practices and ensure your products’ compliance. Our experts will provide tailored recommendations to optimise your processes and reduce risks.

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  • Traceability

    We help you implement effective traceability systems to ensure transparency throughout the grain production chain. You can track each batch from cultivation to final use.

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Beyond analysis

Our training courses

Recommended training courses

Discover our training courses
  • Contaminant analysis

    Master chemical contaminants and their impact on product safety.

    7 hours
    Registration
  • Allergen analysis

    Master the risks associated with food allergens.

    7 hours
    Registration

support

Choose your subscription
to move forward with complete peace of mind

We support you from order to delivery of results.
We offer 3 levels of support:

  • Discovery

    Access essential services free of charge to manage your analyses independently.

    The essentials for a simple and effective start.

  • Expertise

    A tailor-made offer with dedicated support for organisations with the most demanding needs.

    A customised solution for your strategic and complex projects.

Questions about our analyses or your project?

Our advisors respond within 24 hours. Tell us about your needs.

Accreditations

Our accreditations

Our laboratories are COFRAC-accredited to ISO 17025.

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