Northland Laboratories consultants can help you maintain your food safety and quality programs or resolve specific issues:

Food Safety and Quality Auditing
Auditing your suppliers and plants is an important step in maintaining good food safety and quality programs in your company, allowing you to catch and correct problems before they occur. Our experts will work with your company to confidentially conduct and report audits in a variety of areas including food allergens, HACCP, GMP, and GLP.

Food Safety and Quality Investigations
Food safety or quality issues, whether supplier, plant, or customer related, require a rapid response by a special team of experts with diverse knowledge, experience and capabilities. At such critical times, a partnership with Northland Laboratories can really help. Our food testing laboratories, research groups and consultants can quickly and efficiently resolve any disputes, complaints, or concerns with minimal disruption to your operations.

Protecting your brand is our highest priority, and with our vast array of food testing experts and laboratory resources, we can quickly respond to your unexpected crises. Our rapid and comprehensive analytical support can include auditing, product environment testing, sanitation testing, microbial speciation, and chemical testing of your food product and its ingredients. We will help you pinpoint your problem and identify a solution as soon as possible.

When investigating a consumer complaint, we suggest utilizing our Chain of Custody Sample Order Form which, when used properly, will ensure that there is no mishandling of the sample before it arrives to us. Products may be returned or retained after testing providing there is adequate sample remaining and proper documentation is supplied with the request.

Regulatory Support
Governmental regulations often pose significant barriers to the commercial success of food products. It is therefore important to seek out skilled regulatory experts to minimize these risks.

At Northland Laboratories, our staff includes experienced specialists who can provide the guidance you need in a variety of food regulatory areas including:

• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB, formerly ATF)
• North and South American Import

Whether your challenge is related to nutrition labeling, food allergens, or general regulatory requirements for a certain country, Northland Laboratories can help your company accomplish its goals.