Laboratory of Food Analysis
The Laboratory of Food Analysis is specialized in the development of analytical methodology for the detection and quantification of foreign substances in various food types. These include growth promoters, sulfonamides, tetracyclines and mycotoxins like aflatoxins, ochratoxin A and T-2 toxin. It has gained an international reputation by the organization of the International Symposium on Hormone and Veterinary Drug Residue Analysis.
Routine analyses for forbidden growth promoters are carried out for the Ministry of Public Health, law courts and the food distribution sector.
Since 1996 the laboratory is accredited (EN ISO 17025) by Beltest (now BELAC).
The laboratory is partner in Food2Know, the Ghent University interfaculty centre of knowledge about food science, nutrition and health.
The laboratory is also part of the Forensic Institute of Ghent University (FIUGent), established in December 2007 as a result of the long-standing collaboration between the Department of Forensic Medicine and 3 laboratories of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
The laboratory is also partner of association research group 'MYCOTOXINS and TOXIGENIC MOULDS' (MYTOX)
