Eastern Laboratory Services

Director

John Rhoads
jrhoads@elsmilk.com

Accreditation Organisation

Type of Milk

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

Fields of competence related to analyzing milk

National proficiency testing organizer, Reference Material supplier, Training session organizer in laboratory techniques, Information provider on analytical methods, Evaluation of analytical methods/instruments, Research and development in analytical methods, and National regulatory control of analyses

Categories of analytical methods practised

Wet chemistry, Spectroscopic and routine 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.), Cheese and Processed Cheese and Processed Cheese Preparations, Cream and Prepared Creams, and Milk Powders, Cream Powder and Whey Powders

Purpose of the Analytical Activity in the Laboratory

Animal health / Herd sanitary (Veterinary analysis), Milk recording / Dairy Herd Improvement / Dairy genetic, Milk payment to producers according to milk composition and quality, and Production monitoring and commercial exchanges in dairy industry