Physical Testing
Quality is not negotiable when it comes to meeting the demands of suppliers and customers. Defects in raw ingredients and finished products can lead to wasted goods, affect supplier relationships, and alienate customers. Our skilled technicians can help you reduce product defects and protect your brand by providing you with an independent verification of your own or supplier's product.
Silliker works with the world's leading food service chains and retailers to measure every possible aspect of quality: color, viscosity, melt, shape or product grading. From big name brands to private labels, we've evaluated more than 5,000 different food products. Pickles to pastry crust - we've seen it all. We also evaluate food packaging, cosmetic and home products.
As part of our total program approach, we can help you develop a vendor certification program, train employees on GMPs, and more. Contact us for a free consultation about your physical product certification program.
Extraneous Matter
Importers, manufacturers and distributors of a broad range of raw and finished products turn to us when they need help with routine testing, isolated incidents or government paperwork--whatever's required to show that products are safe to release.
Silliker entomologists and degreed analysts can perform virtually every type of extraneous matter analysis - from hair, insect and metal fragment ID's to Howard Mold counts and filth examinations. Because we've handled so many food types, we're experts at determining almost every possible contamination source both pre- and post processing.
Since 1981, Silliker has had a team of professionals dedicated to understanding changing regulatory requirements and performing the most up-to-date methods for analytical entomology. They can interpret data, help develop corrective action plans, and prepare documentation necessary to satisfy the USDA, FDA, or other regulatory bodies. Whether you're involved with manufacturing, storing or transporting food, you can count on us to assist you with extraneous matter issues. Our extended list of services include:
Fineness • Foreign Material ID • Granulation • Howard Mold Count • Identification of Foreign Matter • Length • Light Filth
