Swiss Quality Testing Services (SQTS)

Technical Manager (or contact person)

Thomas Gude
thomas.gude@sqts.ch

Accreditation Organisation

Coverage of Accreditation

Akkreditation for chemical, microbiological, physical and
technical testing

Type of Milk

Cow milk, Goat milk, Ewe milk, and Buffalo milk

Fields of competence related to analyzing milk

Information provider on analytical methods, Evaluation of analytical methods/instruments, and Research and development in analytical methods

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, Ice creams, Milk based desserts, and Composite foods with dairy ingredients

Purpose of the Analytical Activity in the Laboratory

Production monitoring and commercial exchanges in dairy industry and Food safety and nutrition (protection of consumers)