CARIRI’s Analytical Chemistry Department serves a wide cross-section of industries with an array of tests, services, expert advice and training that we are confident will meet the needs of your business.
Our Services
From the Food, Pharmaceutical and Tourism sectors to Construction, Energy and the Environment – our certified labs and highly qualified staff serve some 17 industries.
We can:
- Analyze product composition
- Test for required parameters – EMA Water Pollution Rules
- Ensure products meet regulatory/market requirements
- Troubleshoot manufacturing or product-related problems
- Advise on product and process improvements
- Conduct an array of environmental tests for both business and regulators
- Provide customized training programmes specific to individual Client needs
- Management of Water Pollution Permits (QAPP and BMP)
- USFDA Label Template
Routine Tests Conducted
Categorised by Industry and meeting international standards and guidelines)
Construction: cement analysis, aggregate analysis, chemical analysis
Environment: testing for effluents and toxic chemicals in water and soil
Food & Beverage: food analyses, nutritional analyses, tests for contaminants and harmful levels of any ingredient
Hydrocarbon: compositional analysis, fuel quality, MSDS Verification,
toxicity and biodegradability testing, Royalty Lease Evaluation 1
Pharmaceutical: active ingredient analysis, purity assay of raw materials
Additional Services
- Wood – testing preservatives for copper/chromium/arsenic
- Acids – Acidity, Impurities
- Caustic Soda – purity
- Disinfectants – efficacy
Instrumentation
- Atomic Absorption Spectrometry
- UV-VIS Spectrometry
- Gas Chromatography
- High Performance Liquid Chromatography
- Ion Chromatography
- Microtox
- Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
- Microwave digestion
- Graphite Furnace Analysis
- Total Organic Carbons Analyser
Contact Us
- UWI Campus, St Augustine
- 299-0210
- acams@cariri.com