Symbio Laboratories

Symbio Laboratories is a market leader in rapid turnaround, high quality, analytical testing for the food, agricultural and environmental industries in Australia. The demands for compliance and supply chain assurance means all companies, large or small, need high confidence from their analytical testing provider. The range of tests required and the use of more sensitive and/or more rapid methods has driven a need for dealing with laboratories that have a broad scope of test to offer. At Symbio Laboratories, we have built our services around our knowledge of industry and specific customers' testing programs. The highly qualified and experienced staff within our laboratories and customer service teams ensures we deliver accurate, timely test results and customers have access to qualified personnel that can explain results and provide guidance on how to implement the results. All test methods are based on Australian Standards or recognised international references (e.g. AOAC, AOCS, AACC, APHA, USEPA). Symbio is also a Department of Agriculture (AQIS) appointed analyst for imported foods testing and is listed by the National Residue Survey for testing of residues for a number of programs across in meat, grains, fruit and vegetables. As a Quarantine Approved premises, Symbio's Brisbane laboratory can accept samples from international customers looking for testing in an Australian accredited laboratory. Our laboratories have implemented wide-ranging internal proficiency programs and participate in a large number of external proficiency programs to ensure a high level of accuracy and service is delivered to clients. Laboratories located regionally and in capital cities across Australia, each of which operates according to the guidelines set out in ISO/IEC/17025 and are NATA accredited for a wide range of tests. Symbio Laboratories has also established a laboratory in Zhengzhou, in Henan province, China which will be a valuable resource for our Australian and international clients needing analytical verification of quality for products sourced from China in the future. With one of broadest ranges of NATA accredited chemical, residue and microbiological tests all conducted in house using the latest sensitive and rapid technologies, Symbio Laboratories is a genuine one-stop shop for all your testing needs.