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Section Two: Non-Departmental Public Body/State Agency Laboratories*



Laboratory No.




  1. Bord Iascaigh Mhara Laboratory……………………………………………………..

Teagasc - Introduction ……………………………………………………………………..


Food Research Centre - The National Food Centre (NFC), Dublin…………………..


  1. Department of Food Safety, NFC Dublin ………………………………………….

Food Analysis Laboratory, Chemistry……………………………………

  1. Department of Food Training & Technical Services, NFC Dublin …………………..

Food Analysis Laboratory, Microbiology ……………………………………………




  1. Food Research Centre - The National Food Centre, Limerick……………………………

  2. Food Research Centre - Dairy Products Research Centre…………………………………





  1. Agricultural Research Centre – Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford…………………………….




  1. Agricultural Research Centre – Oak Park, Co. Carlow………………………………………….



* UK Non-Departmental Public Bodies are typically referred to as State Agencies in the Republic of Ireland

Section Three: Authorised/ Approved Private Laboratories

Part I: DARD Authorised Private Laboratories in Northern Ireland



Laboratory No.

  1. Mid-Antrim Laboratory Services Ltd. …………………………………………………………..

  2. Anser Laboratories Ltd. …………………………………………………………

  3. Bio-Search (N.I.) Ltd. ……………………………………………………………………………

  4. Monitor Laboratories, Eclipse Scientific Ltd. ………………………………………………….

  5. Pritchitt Laboratory ………………………………………………………………………………..

  6. Moy Park Ltd. ………………………………………………………………..

Beechwood Laboratories, please see Lab No. 30.…………………….

Food Microbiology Unit, Food Science Division, Department of Agriculture & Rural Development (DARD), please see Lab No. 13 ………………………

Veterinary Sciences Division, Department of Agriculture & Rural Development (DARD), please see Lab No. 14 ……………………………………………………

Part II: DAFRD Approved Private Laboratories in the Republic of Ireland


  1. Advanced Micro Services ……………………………………………………………..

  2. Aire Laboratories Ltd. …………………………………………………………….

  3. Aqualab ……………………………………………………………………………………………

  4. Connemara Laboratory Services Ltd. …………………………………………………………

  5. Consult-Us Ltd. ………………………………………….………………………………………..

  6. Foodtech Consultants Ltd. …………………………….. ………………………………………

  7. Independent Microlabs Ltd. ……………………………..………………………………………

  8. Irish Equine Centre………………………………………………………………………………

  9. Microchem Laboratories……………………………………………………………………….

  10. Microlabs Ltd………………………………………………………………………………………

  11. Monaghan Veterinary Laboratory………………………………………………………………

  12. Oldcastle Laboratories Ltd………………………………………………………………………

  13. Q-Lab Ltd. …………………………………………………………………………………………

  14. Ryland Research Ltd. …………………………………………………………………………

  15. Slaney Laboratory …………………………………………………………………………………

  16. Southern Scientific Services Ltd. …………………………………………………………...

Teagasc, The National Food Centre – Dublin, please see Lab No. 33 ……………

Teagasc, The National Food Centre – Limerick, please see Lab No. 35……

Cork County Council Veterinary & Food Hygiene Laboratory, please see Lab No. 26……

Mid-Antrim Laboratory Services Ltd., please see Lab No.39 ………………………..

Anser Laboratories Ltd., please see Lab No. 40 ……………………………………..


Introduction
On the island of Ireland there are many laboratories involved in food safety monitoring, surveillance, analysis and research. Some operate directly or are under the aegis of government departments, others are managed by local authorities, some by health boards, others are privately owned or within institutes of higher education, and other laboratory establishments are funded or run by various national agencies.
All laboratories play an integral role in providing high quality scientific information on food safety issues. The information is transferred, however, into a variety of systems that are not fully co-ordinated. This limits the collation, analysis and dissemination of the scientific information that is required to solve food safety problems and protect consumer health on the island of Ireland. As good, accurate and timely scientific information underscores food safety policy, it is important to encourage scientific partnerships & collaboration between the various food control laboratories thus providing the links & networks that are necessary to build a co-ordinated and cohesive framework for enhanced food safety actions.
The purpose of this Directory is to provide an overview of the currently available food safety analytical services offered by Official, Official Agency, non-departmental public body/State Agency & Authorised/Approved private laboratories on the island of Ireland.

Official laboratories are those labs that carry out chemical analysis or/and microbiological examination of foodstuffs as notified to the EC or classified as Official by their parent government departments for the purposes of fulfilment of the requirements of EU Council Directives.

Official Agency laboratories have a formal service contract, a Memorandum of Understanding or an agreement with a Food Safety Agency.

The Non-Departmental Public Body/State Agency laboratories listed are engaged in some routine food safety testing, but are also involved in research and the provision of services to the food industry. Authorised/Approved laboratories are private laboratories that are designated by the Department of Agriculture & Rural Development in Northern Ireland & Department of Agriculture, Food & Rural Development in the Republic of Ireland as suitable for the testing of food samples under the relevant legislative orders or appropriate Council Directive.


Most of the laboratories listed here are concerned in one way or another with enforcement of either standards, controls or regulations etc. which have been either imposed by Statutory Authorities, or required by Industry or trade bodies in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland or elsewhere within the EU.
A comprehensive laboratory questionnaire was circulated to various laboratories in Northern Ireland & the Republic of Ireland. The questionnaire was also available for completion on line. The objective was to gain an overview of a laboratory’s food safety activities with an emphasis on the type & extent of routine food safety testing carried out. Some laboratories also carry out research work in addition to their largely routine testing operations.
All laboratory sectors were included in this initial process but the first edition of this directory does not include those private laboratories that have not been authorised/approved by government departments for particular proposes or those labs within the third level educational sector. These latter laboratories are primarily engaged in food safety research rather than routine testing. However, as it is anticipated that the laboratories listed in this directory will wish to update various details with regard to testing, staffing, equipment etc., it is intended to produce a second edition of this Directory & include those private and third level educational laboratories. This will extend the number of laboratories out to over 100.

This current Directory will also be available in the laboratory section of the Board’s website, www.safefoodonline.com accompanied by a search facility.


It is intended that the detailed account of these laboratory services will be useful to either those who already use some of these services, to individual laboratories who may wish to avail of the specialised analyses provided by other laboratories, and to organisations or individuals who may have need of some of the analyses offered.

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