Technical Areas
Microbiology
At the heart of our business, microbiology ensures the health and safety of your products before they are placed on the market, as well as the safety of your production environments. We support every operator, from food to water, with reliable and recognized analyses. Microbiological testing across all matrices: food products, water (drinking, natural, hot, sea and bathing, wastewater), surfaces and work areas, personnel hygiene and air quality. Detection and enumeration of spoilage flora, hygiene indicators and pathogens, under NM ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation and ONSSA approval.
Client Challenge
Securing a product or water circuit subject to strict microbiological requirements, documenting an in-house monitoring plan, and preparing an audit or export dossier.
- Pathogen screening (Salmonella, Listeria, E. coli, staphylococci, Bacillus cereus)
- Spoilage and hygiene-indicator flora
- Sulfite-reducing bacteria, Clostridium perfringens, yeasts, moulds and lactic flora
- Water: HPC, coliforms, E. coli, enterococci, Pseudomonas, Legionella
- Surfaces, work areas, personnel hygiene and air quality
Molecular Biology
Using molecular biology, we identify pathogens and verify species authenticity using fast, reliable, specific, and sensitive techniques.
Client Challenge
Detecting foodborne viruses (hepatitis A, Norovirus), verifying species authenticity in a processed product, and responding to a suspected contamination or fraud.
- Detection of hepatitis A virus and Noroviruses
- Species authenticity testing (molecular identification)
- Fast, reliable, specific and sensitive PCR techniques
Pesticide Residue Testing
Laboralim is an ISO 17025-accredited laboratory by the Moroccan body SEMAC and approved by ONSSA and the Ministry of Agriculture for pesticide testing. Multi-residue pesticide screening by GC-MS/MS and LC-MS/MS chromatography using the QuEChERS method.
Client Challenge
Demonstrating compliance with maximum residue limits (MRLs), securing fruit-and-vegetable export dossiers, and meeting international buyers' requirements.
- Molecules: organochlorine, organophosphate pesticides, organonitrogen herbicides
- Molecules: pyrethroid insecticides, triazole fungicides, methyl-carbamate insecticides
- Matrices: fruits and vegetables, cereals and animal feed, bee products
- Matrices: agronomy (water & soil) and environment
- Equipment: LC-MS/MS and GC-MS/MS
Agronomy
From the soil to the irrigation water, we assist producers with in-depth knowledge of their resources to support sustainable and productive farming practices.
Client Challenge
Characterising a plot, steering fertilisation, checking irrigation-water suitability, and documenting an export-oriented agronomic approach.
- Soils: composition, granulometry, texture, fertility
- Irrigation water, natural & fresh water, wastewater
- Fertilisers and foliar products
- Macro- and micronutrients, metals by ICP
Food Chemistry
Food chemistry reveals the true composition of your products and guarantees the absence of contaminants — a token of trust for your clients and authorities.
Client Challenge
Validating a product's composition, documenting the absence of chemical contaminants (aflatoxins, heavy metals, histamine), and supporting a quality or export dossier.
- Composition: moisture, dry matter, protein, ash, fat, phosphorus
- Fats: peroxide, iodine and saponification values, fatty-acid profile
- Contaminants: aflatoxins (B1, B2, G1), histamine, sulphites, heavy metals, gluten
- Quality parameters: pH, water activity, total volatile basic nitrogen (TVB-N), nitrites
Nutritional Score
Because nutritional information has become essential for consumers, we determine the complete nutritional profile of your foodstuffs for clear and compliant labeling.
Client Challenge
Establishing compliant nutritional labelling, calculating a product's energy value, and documenting the regulatory nutrition declaration.
- Macronutrients: protein, carbohydrates, fats
- Moisture, ash and mineral matter
- Fatty-acid profile
- Energy value (regulatory calculation)
Environment
Our commitment goes beyond the plate: we help operators manage their environmental impact, from air quality to liquid discharges. Our sampling is carried out by technicians trained in specific sampling requirements, and we operate throughout Morocco under optimal conditions.
Client Challenge
Monitoring a production environment, documenting the compliance of liquid or atmospheric discharges, and supporting an impact study or regulatory follow-up.
- Air quality
- Liquid discharges and effluents, wastewater
- Coastal pollution and contaminants
- Environmental studies and on-site sampling
Cosmetics Industry
Microbiological analyses of cosmetic products are key indicators of product safety. Laboralim provides high value-added services in terms of responsiveness, reliability, and expertise.
Client Challenge
Documenting the regulatory compliance of cosmetic products, validating the microbiological quality of raw materials and finished goods, and preparing a market-registration dossier.
- Enumeration of aerobic mesophilic bacteria
- Detection of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus
- Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Yeast and mould enumeration, Candida albicans detection
