" Entrust your contaminant analyses to a specialist "
Fruit and vegetable sector
Vegetables - a strictly culinary term - and fruit - the edible organ of flowering plants - are represented by a diverse and dynamic sector based on numerous official signs and quality procedures. Among the fruits, several categories are generally distinguished :
- citrus fruits (lemon, orange, grapefruit, etc.),
- berries (strawberry, grape, raspberry...),
- pome fruits (apple, pear),
- stone fruits (apricot, peach, cherry).
The "Fruit & Vegetables" sector accounts for 1.6% of the total expenditure of French households and 12% of their food budget. It benefits from real added value for consumers, 91% of whom have confidence in fruit and 89% in vegetables.
Controlling health risks
The quality and safety of fruit and vegetables are among the priorities of the European Union.
To ensure health safety within the sector, we support you in the organisation of your control plan and respond to the many regulatory changes in terms of contaminant analysis.
The Phytocontrol offer
Expertise
| A list of pesticide residues of more than 650 active ingredients, the most exhaustive in France! | Specific residue lists for the associations AOP Strawberries, AOP Peaches and Apricots de France, ANPP, ZRP. |
- Pesticides : dithiocarbamates and its families, glyphosate, chlorates, étéphon, fosetyl aluminium, maleic hydrazide…
- Mycotoxins : patulin, chaconin, solanine, ochratoxin…
- Heavy metals (including trace elements) : lead, cadmium, arsenic, mercury…
- GMO : Potato, beetroot.
- Authenticity : identification of plant species by NSW (5000 species).
- Nutritional values : carbohydrates, sugar profile, total lipids, proteins, ash, alcoholic strength, density, dry extract.
- Dioxins , Microbiology, MOSH MOAH, perchlorates, nitrates
Reactivity
Fast analysis times according to your needs
- Rush : 12h – D0
- Express : 24h- D+1
- Emergency : 48h – D+2
- Routine : 2 to 5 days
Proximity
Phytocontrol’s sales and logistics teams cover the whole France and carry out collections on your site.
Availability
A single point of contact will assist you in interpreting your results and answering technical and regulatory questions.
Accreditations
Phytocontrol is accredited by COFRAC and has one of the most important scopes of accreditation on Fruit & Vegetables.
Our assets
Expertise
Historical know-how
Completeness of the analytical offer
Reactivity
Supply Chain Management
High processing capacity
Analysis times according to your needs
Regulations
Search for metabolites and updating of screenings according to regulatory approvals and residue definitions.
International certification and MRL service
R&D
Scientific team dedicated to regulatory updates and to listening to your specific requests.
Reliability
An analytical park of the latest generations of LC-MS/MS, GC-MS/MS, APGC-MS/MS, HRGC and LC/GC-QTOF technologies
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