Lab Details

Galway Public Analyst's Laboratory
University College Hospital
Seamus Quirke Road
Galway
Republic of Ireland

Telephone: +353 (0)91 58 1122
FAX: +353 (0)91 58 1212
FAX: +353 (0)91 58 1212
Email: rory.mannion@hse.ie
No. of Food Safety Staff 26
Contact Mr. Rory Mannion
Accredited By INAB
Type of Food Safety Work Additives, Compositional, Toxins, Food Complaints, Food Quality, Labelling, Nutrition, Residues, Contaminants, Food Processing, Parameters (e.g. pasteurisation, pH, moisture, etc.)

Details of Food Testing / Research Carried Out

Sample Type Test Parameter
Dairy products, incl cheese, cream liqueur, powdered dairy produTotal Solids, Non-Fat-Solids, Fat, Freezing Point Depression, Titratable Acidity, Alkaline Phosphatase Activity, ß-Lactam Antibiotics & Inhibitory Substances -Delvo Test
Meat & meat products, incl game, offal, white & black puddingsBenzo[a]pyrene, Nitrite/Nitrate
Fish, shellfish and molluscsDomoic Acid, Biogenic Amines - Putrescine, Cadaverine, Histamine and Tyramine
Fruit and vegetablesPost Harvest Fungicides ( Diphenyl, Orthophenylphenol & Thiabendazole) Nitrite/Nitrate
Non alc# beverages, incl bottled water, soya milk based drinksBenzene, Caffeine, Benzoic Acid, Sorbic Acid. Sweeteners ( Acesulfame K, Aspartame & Saccharin)
Alcoholic beverages (other than wine)Alcohol
Nuts & nut products, snacks, incl peanut butter, crispsTotal Aflatoxins
Prepared dishes, incl baby food, all vegetable & cereal based diOchratoxin A
Others, incl water used as an ingredientUnspecified Foods; Ash, Nitrogen, Fat, Moisture, Lead , Cadmium, Mercury, Sulphur Dioxide (Screening), Additives/Contaminants, Sorbic Acid and Benzoic Acid, Colours, Foreign Objects
Water, incl treated, untreated, rainwater, saltwaterAmmonium, Nitrite, Nitrate, Iron, Manganese, Turbidity, Conductivity, pH, Free and Total Chlorine, Aluminium, Fluoride, Colour
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