Accurate Protein Testing With Industry Leading Turnaround Time

The protein industry is highly regulated with defined requirements for safety, quality, and the use of certain labeling claims. You need a trusted laboratory partner with a wide array of testing capabilities and industry-leading turnaround times that can ensure your products meet regulatory requirements. FSNS has been an industry leader in protein testing for three decades and offers a full range of tests to support your food safety program.

Why Choose FSNS for Your Protein Testing?

FSNS offers extensive experience in the protein industry, including beef, poultry, and pork. We provide dedicated customer support, state-of-the-art methodologies, and industry leading turnaround times for all our customers, including large national companies and smaller producers.

All Your Protein Testing Needs Covered

We offer a full range of testing services to help you meet regulatory requirements and the goals of your food safety program.

Qualitative Testing – Pathogens

  • Campylobacter spp.
  • Clostridium perfringens
  • Escherichia coli O157:H7
  • “Top 6” Non–O157 STEC
  • Listeria monocytogenes
  • Listeria spp.
  • Salmonella spp.
  • Shigella spp.
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Yersinia enterocolitica

Quantitative Testing – Indicators, Spoilage Organisms, and Quantitative Pathogens

  • Aerobic/Anaerobic Plate Counts
  • Bacillus cereus
  • BAX System SalQuant™ for Salmonella quantification
  • Clostridium perfringens
  • Coliform Counts (Total, Fecal)
  • Escherichia coli O157:H7 MPN
  • Enterobacteriaceae Count
  • Gas Forming Anaerobes
  • Generic Escherichia coli Count
  • Lactobacillus spp. Count
  • Lactic Acid Bacteria Count
  • Listeria monocytogenes MPN
  • Mesophilic Aerobic/Anaerobic Spore Counts
  • Pseudomonas spp.
  • Psychrotrophic Plate Count
  • Rapid Aerobic Plate Count
  • Rapid Coliform Count
  • Rapid Yeast and Mold Count
  • Salmonella spp. MPN
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Streptococcus spp. Counts (Total, Fecal)
  • Sulfide Reducing Sporeformers
  • Yeast and Mold Counts

Microbial Toxins

Staphylococcus Enterotoxins
Bacillus Enterotoxin

Special Microbial Services Available

Bacterial and fungal speciation

Bacterial and fungal subtyping

Customer complaint sample analyses

Cooling process deviation modeling

Environmental monitoring assessments

Foreign material identification

HACCP Critical Control Point process validation testing

Inoculated pack and challenge studies

Meat speciation

Microbial serology

Microscopic evaluations

Proficiency testing services

Spoilage investigations

Thermal death time (TDT)/cooking instruction validation studies

Thermal process deviation testing (acid phosphatase)

Chemical Contaminants

Antibiotics and pesticides

Quantification of food additives and preservatives

Chemical residues left behind in production and manufacturing

Identifying foreign objects such as metal, plastic, wood, or glass

Ractopamine Analysis by LC-MS/MS

Import assistance for detained products

Food Safety Certification and Audit Services

FSNS Certification & Audit uses experienced auditors to audit your facility against the top food safety certification platforms in the industry, including SQF, BRCGS Food Safety, and FSSC 22000. We also perform GMP audits for a variety of industries.

Our team also offers a full range of animal welfare and on-farm livestock auditing services. In fact, FSNS C&A performs more animal welfare audits than any other organization, and our clients give our auditors a 99% satisfaction rate.

Beef

Process Verified Programs

Poultry

Livestock Show & Rodeo

Swine

Customer-specific audits

American Humane Certified

Ditch the Spreadsheets and Binders for Good!

Our proprietary Environmental Monitoring and Mapping Application, emma®, automates your EMP and provides real-time data visualization, customizable swabbing plans, and remediation management for failed sites, simplifying your EMP and saving you time and money. It also stores all information securely in the cloud so you can lose the binders for good!

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