Pesticide Residue Testing and Analysis Laboratory

Eclipse has been in the business of pesticide residue testing for nearly 20 years (click here for details of our pesticide residue testing services), with expertise built up in two parts of the UK where fruits, vegetable and other agricultural crops are widely grown:

East Anglia – Chatteris, Cambridgeshire (Aspland & James Limited) which now incorporates the Restec Laboratories.

Aspland & James Limited was founded in 1980 and became active in pesticide residue testing in 1983, as part of a general contract laboratory testing service, predominantly to the food, animal feed agrochemical and pharmaceutical industry sectors. It became part of the Eclipse Scientific Group in 1998.

Restec Laboratories Limited was founded in 1986 and specialised from the start in pesticide residue testing, supplemented by legislative and other information services, together with expertise in niche areas such as tea and tobacco. The firm joined Eclipse in 2003.

That both organisations’ operate to the highest standards was reflected in extensive UKAS accreditations and GLP recognitions.

The combined experience of the two is reflected in the Restec@Eclipse name applied to our pesticide residue testing business, renowned as a key provider of a top quality, comprehensive residue analysis service that includes:

analysis of individual or groups of pesticides
targeted pesticide testing
multi- residue screening for over 100 compounds, including the following classes:

	organophosphorus
	organochlorine
	pyrethroid
	triazine
	dicarboximide
	organonitrogen compounds

in

	food and drink
	animal feeds
	agricultural crops
	waters
	tobacco products

Pesticide Residue Testing We have access to extensive historical data as well as being able to call on reliable in-house expertise when providing testing services, suggesting appropriate combinations of compounds for testing in commodities or developing methods for new pesticides or product matrices.

The Pesticide Residue Analysis laboratories are located in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire. Analytical techniques used are primarily Gas Chromatography (GC) and High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and all positive results are confirmed (e.g. by GC-MS or GC-MS-MS). Methods for virtually all compounds are UKAS accredited.

To keep up with and ahead of the ever greater demands of pesticide legislation – increasing numbers of compounds and lower legislative limits (MRLs) – liquid chromatography coupled with a mass spectrometric detector (LCMS) is required.

Use of this technology has enabled Eclipse to analyse products for a wide range of new compounds that are becoming used commercially, to confidently achieve lower reporting limits and to rapidly confirm any residues found that give cause for concern. It has also permitted to us to bring in house analysis of previously sub-contracted compounds eg chlormequat.

Eclipse also provides extensive support to help clients in the agrochemical industry develop analytical tests to detect new pesticides and their metabolites. Click here to enter the Pesticide Residue Testing section of our website.

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In addition we offer free advice on testing regimes and current developments in legislation.

Minimum Sample Sizes that we require for testing.

Analytical Request Form (excel spreadsheet)

Results can be offered in a variety of formats including e-mail, first class post, fax and direct data transfer.

Eclipse Food testing Laboratory offers a comprehensive range of UKAS accredited microbiological and chemical analyses, including:-
Nutritional information labelling, vitamins and minerals, preservatives and other additives, contaminants & metals, toxins, pesticide and veterinary residues, pathogen testing, shelf-life studies, HACCP and food hygiene consultancies. Wide experience of serving the dairy industry. Monitoring of mineral and bottled waters, soft and alcoholic drinks.

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See our brochure on residues

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