Providing analytical services to food and environmental communities since 1982.

Analytical Food Laboratories produces credible and accurate testing, maintains officially approved methodologies and generates reliable results that can positively impact your business.

The LNS contains instrumentation for extraction and quantitation of a wide variety of agrichemical and industrial toxicants. Analytical capabilities include organophosphate, carbamate, and chlorinated insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides, as well as PAHs, PCBs, and other non-agricultural pollutants.

Available instrumentation includes:

Agilent GC-MS-MS

Agilent GC-MS

HPLC with fluorescence and variable UV detectors

GC with detectors specific for phosphorus, carbon, sulfur, halogen, and nitrogen-containing compounds

Soxhlet and supercritical fluid extractors

ELISA plate readers

Radiometric capabilities including a biological oxidizer, beta scanner, and liquid scintillation counter

FEQL faculty have experience setting up and conducting field studies for environmental fate of pesticides in all media and best management practices for agrichemical use. Insect bioassays are conducted to examine biological activity of residues.

Shipping Instructions

We recommend that perishable products be packed on "blue ice" chill packs and shipped overnight. Samples that are frozen should be maintained in the frozen state using dry ice. Please call us to coordinate the shipping and receiving of samples that are iced or frozen in order to minimize the chance of warming or spoilage. Normal business hours are Monday through Friday, 8 AM - 5 PM (Pacific Standard Time).

Samples shipped by private carrier (UPS, FedEx, DHL, etc.) should be addressed to:

LNS Laboratories, Inc. 811 Alpha Drive, Suite 333 Richardson, Texas 75081 USA

Please include an Analytical Request form with samples.