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1. ABC Research Laboratories
Capabilities Presentation

2. Introduction to ABC
Established in 1967
One of the largest & fully comprehensive
ISO 17025 accredited independent
food testing laboratories in the United States

3. Overview of Capabilities
• Microbiological Testing
• Chemical Testing
• Product and Appliance Quality Testing and Consulting Services
• Sensory Testing
• Forensic Testing
• Importers - FDA detention services
• Prime™ Client Convenience Services
• Expert Consultation and Support

4. Graphic Overview of Capabilities
Microbiological
Testing 24/7
Access to
Chemistry Results
Testing
Prime™ Client Quality Testing
Convenience
Services Sensory Analysis Custom
Results
Reporting
Forensic Testing
FDA Import
Detention
Resolution
Expert Support

5. ABC-R Prime™ Client Convenience Services
• Nation-wide Sample Collection
• Saturday Sample Receiving
• Superior Overnight Shipping Rates
– ABC Sampling Kits
• Client-specific Courier
– Available daily to periodically
• Rapid Turn-around Times
• In-process sample tracking and test results
– 24/7 via ABC's data management system (Using Internet
Explorer)
• Data delivery into your Quality Management
Database

6. Microbiological Testing
• Pathogens and Microbial Quality Indicators
– STEC, Salmonella, E.coliO157:H7, Listeria, Shigella, Campylobacter, Vibrio,
Legionella, Enterobacter
• Environmental Pathogen & Sanitization Monitoring
• Custom Research Studies*
– Shelf life, pathogen/inoculation challenge studies
– Process validation, antibiotic resistance
– Pack comparison (packaging, MAP, antimicrobial additives)
– Cooking & cooling validations
– In-plant Microbial Intervention Validation
– Disinfectant/Sanitizer Efficacy Studies
• Expert Consultation Services*
– Process Authority
– Microbiological Composition Analysis (MCA)
– Microbial Risk Assessment & Pathogen Modeling
• Potable & Non-potable Water Testing (includes irrigation and process water)
*See Appendix for details

7. Chemical Testing
• Characteristic Tests: Proximate Analysis, pH, Water Activity
• Nutrient content
– Database Analysis
• Direct data feed of results available with Genesis
nutritional database analysis
– Chemical Testing
• Antibiotic Residues
• Pesticide Residues
• Heavy Metals
• Preservatives
• Allergens and Toxins
• Adulterants/Contaminants

8. Product and Appliance
Quality Testing and Consulting Services
• Product Specification development
– Drafting Specification documents and values
– Increasing precision of Specification ranges
• Compliance to Product Specification
• On-going Product Quality monitoring
• Shelf-life Determination and/or Validation
– Accelerated Shelf Life Studies
• Cooking Method Validation
• TruPerform ™
– Appliance testing for advertising claims
• Claim Validation

9. Sensory Testing
• Sensory Tests Types, with some examples:
– Likeability - 5 or 9 point Hedonic scales
– Difference - Difference from Control, Triangle, Duo Trio
– Preference - Forced Choice
– Descriptive Analysis
– Product Sensory Mapping
• Panelist
– Trained
• QDA and Spectrum trained panels
– Untrained
– Wide-range or Focused Demographics
– 10 – 200 Panelist per day
• Sensory Testing Facilities
– 5 private bays
– Color-masking lighting

10. Forensic Testing
• Foreign material identification
– Including animals filth, insects, and amphibians
• Unknown identification
• Product defect examination
• Species identification
– DNA testing for seafood
• FDA – light and heavy filth analysis
• Economic Adulterants
• Contaminants:
– Foreign Objects
– Hydraulic Fluids
– Sanitizers

11. FDA Import Detention Resolution
Testing and Services
• An Exclusive Team dedicated to the FDA
detention process
– 1st goal – get your product to market
• DWPE – testing for all Import Alerts
• RED LIST – increased cost & delays
• GREEN LIST – ultimate goal
• Expedited sampling throughout the U.S.
• With the Compliance Officers and FDA Review Labs
Nationwide
– Established/recognized/accepted
– Respected for our science and packet submission details
• Services & guidelines for removal from DWPE
• Highly regarded by FDA attorney’s and Customs
Brokers Nationwide
• Free consultation for removal from DWPE

12. Expert Support
• Chief Scientific Officer
– Our “go to” expert for all food safety assessments
– Supported by PhDs, food scientists, chemists, and many other scientific
specialists
• ABC has a dedicated team for each of the following
market segments:
– Restaurant/Foodservice
– Meat and Poultry
– Fresh Produce
– Seafood
– Nutritionally-enhanced Products
– Import/Export

13. Capabilities via Partners
• HACCP Plan Development and
Validation
• Reverse Formulation Determination
• Many others…just ask us!