Details of Our Animal Feed Analysis

Animal Feed Analysis

Salamon & Seaber carries out a wide range of analyses for testing the commodities used in the manufacture of compound animal feeding stuffs. These include Soya Bean Meal, Palm Kernel Extraction, Sunflower Seed Extraction, Rapeseed Extraction, cereal by-products, and animal by-products such as Fish Meal, Meat & Bone Meal, Poultry Meal, Feather Meal, compound feeds, pet foods, bird and other wild animal foods etc.

We are Official Analysts to the Grain and Feed Trade Association (GAFTA) and provide analysis using methods listed in GAFTA Form 130 for contractual purposes.

Salamon & Seaber is a member of GAFTA Trade Assurance Scheme (GTAS) (Laboratory No. 001) as an approved analyst, certified by NSF-CMI Certification Ltd. Membership of the Scheme is important for all companies operating in the international grain and feed trade and provides independent assurance to those in the chain of supply.

As a GAFTA Approved Analyst we operate in accordance with GAFTA rules, testing the quality and condition of goods. To maintain approval an analyst participates in GAFTA ring testing schemes.

Other standard methods of analysis such as those of the AOCS and AOAC are also used to check or verify product quality.

Accredited Analysis

The major analytical methods used in the analysis of these commodities are included in our "UKAS schedule of accreditation".

Aflatoxin
Ash
Calcium (Ca)
Carbonates
Erucic Acid (Determined from fatty acid profile)
Fibre
Moisture
Nitrogen (N)
Oil A & Oil B
Phosphorus (P)
Potassium (K)

Protein
Protein Digestibility
Protein Digestibility (Torry method)
Salt (NaCl)
Sand Only
Sand &/or Silica
Sodium (Na)
Starch
Sugar
Urease activity

We also carry out the following analysis

Biogenic Amines (Histamine, Cadaverine, Putrescine, Tyramine)
Lysine
Determination of Metabolisable Energy Values (Ruminants & Poultry)
Protein Dispersabiltiy Index
Protein Dispersible in KOH
Total Volatile Nitrogen
Trace Elements: Magnesium (Mg), Iron (Fe), Copper (Cu), Manganese (Mn), Iodine (I), etc.
Vitamins A, D & E.

We are able to determine the presence of the following undesirable substances as listed in The Feeding Stuffs (England) Regulations 2005, (S.I. 2005 No. 3281), and amendments

Castor seed / caster seed husks
Ergot
Ethoxyquin
Free Gossypol
Glucosinolates
Heavy Metals: Arsenic (As), Cadmium (Cd), Lead (Pb), Mercury (Hg)
Hydrocyanic Acid (HCN)
Nitrites (-NO₂)
Residual Solvents (as Hexane)
Shell in Palm Kernel
Theobromine
Volatile mustard oil
Weed seed and undesirable plant seed residues

Other undesirable substances are sub-contracted to our trusted, UKAS accredited partner laboratories.

Antibiotics
Dioxins & Dioxin like PCB's
Fluorine (F)
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)
Pesticides
Radioactivity

We carry out many other tests so please contact Mr Roberto Campana (E-Mail: Roberto@salamonandseaber.co.uk) for further information or fill out a form to receive a quotation.

Please note that we are also able to correspond in Arabic, French, German, and Polish

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