Food and Environment Laboratories SGS NZ Limited
17 Maurice Road, Penrose
1061
Auckland
New Zealand
Fax : +0064-9-6346728
Technical Manager (or contact person)
Guru Parkar
guru.parkar@sgs.com
Affiliation(s)
Government/Regulatory and Private dairy / Industry
Type of Milk
Cow milk
Fields of competence related to analyzing milk
Training session organizer in laboratory techniques, Information provider on analytical methods, and National regulatory control of analyses
Categories of analytical methods practised
Wet chemistry, Spectroscopic and routine methods, Chromatography, Physico-chemical methods, Biochemical methods (enzym., immuno., mol. biol.), Microbiological methods, and Sensory Analysis
Milk and milk Products Tested
Liquid milk and whey (including raw milk, skim milk, homogenized,heat-treated, etc.), Butter, Cheese and Processed Cheese and Processed Cheese Preparations, Dairy Fat Spreads, Evaporated Milks and Sweetened Condensed Milks, Cream and Prepared Creams, Milk Powders, Cream Powder and Whey Powders, Fermented Milks, Ice creams, Milk based desserts, Composite foods with dairy ingredients, and Other dairy products
Purpose of the Analytical Activity in the Laboratory
Production monitoring and commercial exchanges in dairy industry, Food safety and nutrition (protection of consumers), and Food trade regulation (protection of customers)