Inspections
Alex Stewart Food Test Lab

Food Test Lab provides full supporting and complimentary food inspection, food sampling and swabbing services to the UK food industry. Warehouse storage or cargo stowage reports from container truck to reefer vessel or cold storage warehouses are completed in accordance with food quality and safety standards.

Photographic evidence and a full operations report are normally issued within 24 hours of operations completion. Final reports and certificates, including full warehouse, storage or cargo stowage plans, are delivered within three working days.

Food inspection and sampling services are carried out by Alex Stewart International’s global network of offices, supported by its UKAS-accredited laboratory for importers and exporters of food products, fish and seafood.

Physical examination, swabbing, sampling and monitoring services

• Full visual examination for category, size, composition, odour, colour, packing and marking.
• Temperature determination.
• Quantity determination – pieces per carton/container, gross tare, net and average weight.
• Calculation, frozen and if required, defrosted.
• Photographic evidence, full report and certification services.
• Swabbing, sampling and monitoring for microbiological bacteria in plants, factories, warehouses, food production lines, food preparation areas, storage bays and manufacturing areas.

Food Test Lab is the trading name for the UKAS-accredited company Huson and Hardwick, which is part of the Alex Stewart Agriculture Group of Companies.