ADDITIVES AND CONTAMINANTS

NO. PARAMETER TYPES OF SAMPLE SERVICES PROVIDED BY

1 3-MCPD SAUCE AND FOOD INGRADIENTS HQ
3 PRESERVATIVE: ALL FOODS HQ AND ALL BRANCHES
• SULPHUR DIOXIDE
• BENZOIC ACID
• BORIC ACID
• FORMALDEHYDE
• SORBIC ACID
• NITRATE/NITRITE
4 PRESERVATIVE: BREAD AND FLOUR CONFECTION HQ AND ALL BRANCHES
• PROPIONIC ACID
5 COLOURING SUBSTANCES (AS ALL FOODS HQ AND ALL BRANCHES
STIPULATED UNDER REGULATION
21 OF FOOD REGULATIONS 1985

• DETECTION BY PAPER ALL FOODS HQ AND ALL BRANCHES

CHROM
• NON-PERMITTED COLOUR ALL FOODS HQ
(SUDAN COLOURS, PARA
RED) BY HPLC
6 FLAVOUR ENHANCER: NEAT SALT HQ
• MONOSODIUM L-
GLUTAMATE
7 ANTIOXIDANT: EDIBLE OIL, FAT, GHEE, ESSENTIAL HQ
• PROPYL OIL, PARTIAL GLYCEROL ESTER,
• OCTYL COCONUT CREAM, COCONUT CREAM
• DODECYL GALLATE POWDER, PEANUT BUTTER, CHEWING
• BUTYLATED GUM, PASTRY BISCUITS AND OTHER
HYDROXYANISOLE (BHA) FOODS.
• BUTYLATED
• HYDROXY-TOLUENE (BHT)
• TERTIARY BUTYL
HYDROQUINONE (TBHQ)
8 FOOD CONDITIONER: ALL FOODS HQ
• AMMONIUM CHLORIDE
• PHOSPHORUS PENTOXIDE
• LECITHIN
• CALCIUM CHLORIDE
9 METAL CONTAMINANTS: ALL FOODS HQ AND ALL BRANCHES
• ANTIMONY
• ARSENIC
• CADMIUM
• COPPER
• LEAD
• MERCURY
• TIN
• ZINC
• OTHER METALS
10 DRUGS RESIDUES: MEAT HQ
• NITROFURAN METABOLITES*
• BETA-AGONIST
11 DRUGS RESIDUES: MEAT JOHOR/HQ
• CHLORAMPHENICOL

12 NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENING ALL FOODS HQ

SUBSTANCES:
NO. PARAMETER TYPES OF SAMPLE SERVICES PROVIDED BY
• CYCLAMATE
• SACCHARIN
13 AFLATOXINS: ALL FOODS HQ, PENANG AND IPOH
• B1
• B2
• G1
• G2
14 • ACIDITY (AS ANHYDROUS FRUIT, VEGETABLES AND THEIR HQ AND ALL BRANCHES
CITRIC ACID) PRODUCTS.
• ACIDITY (AS MALIC ACID) ALSO JAM, FRUIT JELLY,
• TOMATO SOLIDS MARMALADE& SERI KAYA
• TOTAL SOLIDS
• ESSENTIAL OIL
• FRUIT CONTENT
• SOLUBLE SOLIDS (BY
REFRACTOMETRY
15 • NON VOLATILE ETHER SPICES HQ AND ALL BRANCHES
EXTRACT
• VOLATILE ESSENTIAL OIL
• TOTAL ASH
16 • REDUCING SUGARS SWEETENING SUBSTANCE HQ AND BRANCHES
(DEXTROSE ANHYDROUS)
• SUCROSE
• IDENTIFICATION OF SUGARS HQ
(BY HPLC-ELSD)
17 • CAFFEINE (COFFEE) TEA, COFFEE, COCOA AND RELATED HQ AND ALL BRANCHES
CONTENT PRODUCTS
• COCOA PASTE
• CRUDE FIBRE
• WATER SOLUBLE EXTRACT
18 • LACTOSE MILK, MILK PRODUCTS AND MILK HQ AND ALL BRANCHES
• LACTIC ACID CHOCOLATE
• MILK FAT (GERBER
METHOD)
• MILK FAT (ROSE-GOTTLIED
METHOD)
• MILK FAT (GLC)
• NON-FAT MILK SOLIDS
• TOTAL MILK SOLIDS
19 • ACID VALUE EDIBLE FAT AND EDIBLE OIL HQ AND ALL BRANCHES
• CHLORESTEROL (GLC)
• CLOUD POINT
• COLOUR
• DENSITY/SPECIFIC GRAVITY
• FAT CONTENT
• FATTY ACID COMPOSITION
• FREE FATTY ACID
• IODINE VALUE
• KREIS RANCIDITY TEST
• MINERAL OIL
• MOISTURE AND IMPURITIES
• PEROXIDE VALUE
• REFRACTIVE INDEX
• SALT CONTENT
• SAPONIFICATION VALUE
• SLIP MELTING POINT
• UNSAPONIFIABLE MATTER
• FATTY ACID PROFILE
NO. PARAMETER TYPES OF SAMPLE SERVICES PROVIDED BY
• WATER
20 • MICROSCOPIC TOBACCO AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS HQ AND ALL BRANCHES
IDENTIFICATION
• NICOTINE
21 • ALCOHOL CONTENT ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES HQ AND ALL BRANCHES
• METHANOL
• ESTER CONTENT
22 • ACIDITY GENERAL FOODSTUFF AS PER HQ AND ALL BRANCHES
• ASH CONTENT REQUIRED UNDER THE FOOD
• ASH-SULPHATE REGULATIONS 1985.
• ASH-TOTAL
• ASH-ACID SOLUBLE
• ASH-ACID INSOLUBLE
• ASH-WATER INSOLUBLE
• CRUDE FIBRE
• DRAINED WEIGHT (CANNED
FOOD)
• FAT CONTENT
• MOISTURE (OVEN DRYING)
• MOISTURE (VACUUM OVEN
DRYING)
• NON VOLATILE MATTER
• PROTEIN CONTENT
• SALT CONTENT
• SOLUBLE SOLIDS (TOTAL
BRIX)
• STARCH (MICROSCOPLC
IDENTIFICATION)
• TOMATO SOLIDS
• TOTAL SOLIDS
• TOTAL NITROGEN