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.
Key Analyses
- 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
Methods
- Micro-organisms at 30 °C (FMAT) — NM ISO 4833-1 : 2023 (SEMAC Accredited)
- Enterobacteriaceae — NM 08.0.109 : 2012 (SEMAC Accredited)
- Coliforms at 30 °C — NM ISO 4832 : 2008 (SEMAC Accredited)
- Thermotolerant coliforms (44 °C) — NM 08.0.124 : 2012 (SEMAC Accredited)
- Sulfite-reducing Clostridium spp. — NM ISO 15213-1 : 2023 (SEMAC Accredited)
- Clostridium perfringens — NM ISO 15213-2 : 2024 (SEMAC Accredited)
- Coagulase + staphylococci (S. aureus) — NM ISO 6888-1 : 2024 (SEMAC Accredited)
- Escherichia coli β-glucuronidase + — NM ISO 16649-2 : 2007 (SEMAC Accredited)
- Listeria monocytogenes (screening) — NM ISO 11290-1 : 2017 (SEMAC Accredited)
- Salmonella spp — NM ISO 6579-1 : 2021 (SEMAC Accredited)
- Presumptive Bacillus cereus — NM ISO 7932 : 2021 (SEMAC Accredited)
- Yeasts and moulds (25 °C) — NM 08.0.123 : 2006 (SEMAC Accredited)
- Mesophilic lactic flora — NM ISO 15214 : 2007 (SEMAC Accredited)
- Culturable micro-organisms in water (22 °C & 36 °C) — NM ISO 6222 : 2007 (SEMAC Accredited)
- E. coli and coliforms in water — NM ISO 9308-1 : 2019 (SEMAC Accredited)
- Intestinal enterococci — NM ISO 7899-2 : 2007 (SEMAC Accredited)
- Sulfite-reducing anaerobic spores (clostridia) — NM ISO 6461-2 : 2007 (SEMAC Accredited)
- Legionella (membrane filtration) — NM ISO 11731-2 : 2013 (In-house method)
Standards
- NM ISO/IEC 17025:2018 Accreditation (SEMAC, No. AL 103/2018)
- ONSSA Approval No. LA-04/2023
- Moroccan standards (NM) and current NM ISO standards
- Codex Alimentarius
- Canadian SFCR Regulations
Typical Clients
- Agri-food manufacturers and beverage producers
- Production sites and water operators
- Distributors, supermarkets, hotel and catering industry
- Local authorities and agricultural holdings
