Food and feed are the source of life for humans and animals alike. Their quality has an immediate effect on our health … more
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From origination, all the way to purchase by the consumer, groceries and agricultural products pass through a long supply chain … more
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Agriculture frequently makes use of manure and crop-protection products. To ensure that chemical herbicides and pesticides do not have … more
The Tentamus Group was founded early in 2011. Our goal was to become a well-respected provider of quality services and to ensure the continued quality and safety of our clients’ products and services.
We are proud to have quickly gained our customers’ trust. We are represented in over 35 locations worldwide. More than 1,500 highly-trained staff members work in over half a million square feet of laboratory and office spaces. This is how we apply our expertise and guarantee our clients the highest degree of reliability and quality.
Today we are recognized as a dependable service provider, distinguished by our quick response times and close collaboration with our customers. We achieve this through specialty equipment, well trained members of staff and a network of highly specialized laboratories, each of which is a market leader in its own sector. That is how we can be the first point of contact for our clients around the world. At the same time, through our network of laboratories, we have the capacity to meet the ever-increasing demands of our clients. Our commitment, years of experience, and high-tech laboratory facilities and scientific methods enable us to live up to our promise of quality.
Tentamus offers its clients an international network of specialized laboratories. Even though the laboratories continue to operate under their original brands, they are all companies that are part of the Tentamus Group and are characterized by a high degree of integration, enabling us to optimally leverage the synergy of the individual laboratories.
An integrated synchronized quality management system, centralized research and development of methods and parameters, fully integrated IT solutions with a cutting-edge web-based LIMS system, as well as all requisite and non-requisite national and international licenses: represent only a brief summary of our operations.
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New CEO, Infrastructure and Logo at AALabs
Adamson Analytical Laboratories (AAL) based in Corona (Greater Los Angeles) has now been part of the Tentamus Family for over half a year. Since then, many things have changed. Utilizing Tentamus’s Global Network of experts, the internal structures at AAL have been optimized to ensure efficient testing processes, maximizing throughput while ensuring quality from the
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Outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes from frozen vegetables
In March 2018, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) already announced that frozen corn is likely to be the source of Listeria monocytogenes strain infections that have been persistent since 2015. The EU countries affected are Denmark, Finland, Austria, Sweden and Great Britain. As of 15 June 2018, the outbreak included 47 reported cases and
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Whipped cream - Microbiological risks in summer months
Especially in the summer months, cream samples are regularly objected to by the monitoring authorities. Very often there are complaints because the bacterial counts of the pseudomonads and enterobacteria are increased. These typical hygiene germs indicate improper cleaning and disinfection of the cream machines. But also the construction of the devices often makes thorough cleaning
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Nutritional profiles of food: Laboratory or database analysis
There are three methods for determining the nutritional profiles of foodstuffs: Database analysis is based on your product formulations, raw material specifications and processing information. For the raw materials that are basic ingredients, the database analysis uses the statistical mean, which varies according to growth conditions, seasonality, location and other factors. Laboratory analysis is
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Avoiding the presence of viruses in frozen berries
On 19 May 2017 an expert meeting was held at the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) with 33 participants from official food inspection, the relevant business associations and federal institutions on the subject of “Avoiding the presence of viruses in frozen berries”. Frozen berries have been identified several times in recent years as the cause of disease outbreaks. Contaminations
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Solanin in potatoes
BfR recalls the usual recommendations for storage and preparation of potatoes On the occasion of a case of poisoning by a potato court, the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) recalls the proper handling of potatoes. Glycoalkaloids, including solanine as an important representative, are natural ingredients in potatoes. The intake of a certain amount
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