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Midwest Laboratories Canada Ltd.  is dedicated exclusively to providing quality analytical services to meet business and individual needs.

These services include food, water, soil, plant tissue, fertilizer, manure, feed and petfood testing.

Check out our most requested testing packages below.

Contact us to further discuss all your testing needs.

Foods

Amino Acid Profile: (Full Profile) Alanine, Arginine, Aspartic acid, Cystine, Glutamic acid, Glycine, Histidine Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, Methionine, Phenylalanine, Proline, Serine, Threonine, Tryptophan, Tyrosine, Valine

Fatty Acid Profile:  Saturated, Mono-Polyunsaturated, Trans Fatty Acids, Omega 3, Omega 6

Fiber:  Total Dietary

          Soluble and Insoluble Fiber Breakdown

Shelf Life Testing (accelerated & real time):  Call to discuss details

Sugar Alcohol (HPLC):  Glycerin, Xylitol, Mannitol, Sorbitol, Lactitol, Maltitol

Sugar Profile (HPLC):  Glucose, Fructose, Sucrose, Maltose and Lactose

Heavy Metals in Foods Package:  Reports a sum of Arsenic, Lead, Cadmium, Tin, Copper, Silver, Molybdenum, Mercury, Antimony, Bismuth.  Only reports values for Arsenic, Mercury Lead, Cadmium

 

Vitamins:

Vitamin A (as Retinol) (added)

Vitamin A (as Beta Carotene) (natural)

Vitamin B1 (Thiamine)

Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid)

 

FP1 (in meats and non-meats):  Moisture, Fat, Protein

FP2:  Moisture, Fat, Protein, Salt

FP3: Basic Proximates:  Moisture, Fat, Protein, Ash, Carbohydrates, Calories

FP4: Basic Minerals:  Calcium, Iron, Sodium, Potassium 

FP5: Fatty Acids/Cholesterol:  Fatty Acid Profile

FP6:  The Big 3:  Proximates, Minerals, Fatty Acid Profile/Cholesterol

Nutritional Labels

Nutritional Labeling (Canadian or NLEA)

Complete nutritional label (Raw data plus Nutrition Facts Panel)

Calcium Iron Trans Fat

Calories Potassium Total Carbohydrates

Calories from Fat Protein Total Fat

Cholesterol Saturated Fat Vitamin A

Daily Value Calculations Sodium Vitamin C

Dietary Fiber Sugars

 

Nutritional labeling using a database program

Microbiology

Generic E.coli

Hemorrhagic E.coli (0157:H7)

Listeria

Salmonella

Plate Count

 

FS1:  Food Screen:  Total Plate Count, Total Coliforms. E.coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella, Yeast, Mold

FS2:  Food Screen plus Listeria

FS3:  Food Screen plus Listeria & E.coli 0157:H7

Water

W1:  Livestock Suitability:  Sodium, Calcium, Magnesium, Chloride, Conductivity, Sulfate, Nitrate Nitrogen, pH, Iron, Copper, Total Dissolved Solids (by calculation)

W2:  Irrigation Suitability:  Sodium, Calcium, Magnesium, Chloride, Conductivity, Sulfate, Nitrate Nitrogen, pH, Carbonate, Bicarbonate, Phosphorus, Potassium, Boron, SAR, Total Dissolved Solids (by calculation)

W2A:  Same as W2, plus Dissolved Iron, Manganese, Copper, Zinc

W3:  Domestic Suitability:  Total Coliform, Sodium, Calcium, Magnesium, pH, Total Hardness, Conductivity, Total Dissolved Solids (by calculation), Nitrate Nitrogen, Iron, Manganese, Sulfate, Chloride, Fluoride

W3A:  Same as W3, but without Total Coliforms

W4:  Nitrate Nitrogen, Total Coliform 

Wastewater Packages available on request.

Soil

Soil Test A:  Organic Matter, Available Phosphorus (P1 Weak Bray and P2 Strong Bray), Sodium Bicarbonate Phosphate, Exchangeable Potassium, Magnesium, Calcium, Sodium, Soil pH, Buffer index, Hydrogen, Cation Exchange Capacity, Percent Base Saturation of Cation Elements, NO3, Sulfur, Excess Lime, Soluble Salts  

Soil Test B:  Sulfur, Zinc, Manganese, Iron, Copper, and Boron

Soil Test C:  A complete analysis including Test A and Test B

Soil Test D:  Includes Test C Plus Chloride

Soil Test E:  Includes Test C plus Texture

Subsoil Nitrate-N:  When submitted with surface soil sample

Lawn and Garden

Soil Test F:  Lawn and Garden (Soil Test F recommendations are also given in lbs/1000 sq. ft. or lbs/100 sq. ft.)  Organic Matter, Available Phosphorus (P1 Weak Bray and P2 Strong Bray), Exchangeable Potassium, Magnesium, Calcium, Sodium, Soil pH, Buffer index, Cation Exchange Capacity, NO3, Excess Lime, Soluble Salts  

Sample Size:  1 soil sample bag filled to the FILL LINE (approximately 2 cups)

Plant Tissue

Basic Test (Complete):  Nitrogen, Sulfur, Phosphorus, Potassium, Magnesium, Calcium, Sodium, Iron, Manganese, Copper, Boron, Zinc

Pet Food

Proximates:  Moisture, Crude Protein, Acid Hydrolysis Fat, Crude Fiber, Ash 

Proximate and Minerals:  Moisture, Crude Protein, Acid Hydrolysis Fat, Crude Fiber, Ash, Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Iron, Sodium, Sulfur, Potassium, Manganese, Copper, Zinc

AAFCO Package (Cat Food)

AAFCO Package (Dog Food)

Pet Food Screen:  Total Plate Count, Total Coliforms, E.coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella, Yeast and Mold

Feed

F1:  Grain Ration:  (Applies to pork and poultry grain rations, shelled corn, small grains.)  Moisture, Crude Protein, Calcium, Phosphorus

F2:  Complete Proximate:  (Applies to feed labels, commodities, feedstuffs where fat content is required.)  Moisture, Crude Protein, Crude Fat, Acid Detergent Fiber (ADF), Energy (Digestible and Metabolizable), Ash, Total Digestible Nutrients (TDN) 

F3:  Complete Mineral:  (Applies to all feedstuffs where a complete mineral profile is required.) (Not applicable to premixes.)  Sulfur, Potassium, Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Sodium, Iron, Manganese, Copper, Zinc

F4:  Protein:  (Applies to all feedstuffs where protein only is needed.)  Moisture, Crude Protein

F5:  Protein with Complete Minerals:  (Applies to all feedstuffs where protein and complete mineral content are needed.)  Moisture, Crude Protein, Minerals:  Sulfur, Potassium, Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Sodium, Iron, Manganese, Copper, Zinc

F6:  Roughage with Complete Minerals:  (Applies to haylages, mixed hays and silages where protein, energy and complete mineral content are required.)  Moisture, Crude Protein, Acid Detergent Fiber (ADF), Total Digestible Nutrients (TDN), Net Energy (Gain, Loss, Maintenance), Minerals:  Sulfur, Potassium, Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Sodium, Iron, Manganese, Copper, Zinc

F7:  Roughage:  (Applies to haylages, mixed hays and silages, mixed rations, ear corn, and mixed grains where only protein and energy are required.) (Does not include fat)  Moisture, Crude Protein, Acid Detergent Fiber (ADF), Total Digestible Nutrients (TDN), Net Energy (Gain, Loss, Maintenance)

F8:  Roughage with Ca and P:  (Applies to haylages, mixed hays, silages, mixed rations, bunk samples.)  Moisture, Crude Protein, Acid Detergent Fiber (ADF), Total Digestible Nutrients (TDN), Calcium, Phosphorus, Net Energy (NEg, NEL, Nem)

F9:  Complete Proximate with Minerals:  (Applies to feedstuffs, grains, grain mixtures, especially where fat oil content is required.)  Moisture, Crude Protein, Crude Fat, Acid Detergent Fiber (ADF), Energy (Digestible and Metabolizable), Ash, Total Digestible Nutrients (TDN), Minerals:  Sulfur, Potassium, Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Sodium, Iron, Manganese, Copper, Zinc

F10:  Relative Feed Value:  (Applies to alfalfa hay, mixed hays and silages where RFV and energy values are required.)  Moisture, Acid Detergent Fiber (ADF), Total Digestible Nutrients (TDN), Relative Feed Value (RFV), Crude Protein, Neutral Detergent Fiber (NDF), Net Energy (NEg, NEl, NEm)

F11:  Calcium, Phosphorus

F12:  Moisture Nitrate

Manure

Basic Manure & Sludge Package:  Moisture/Total Solids, Total Nitrogen, Phosphate, Potash, Sulfur, Calcium, Magnesium, Sodium, Iron, Manganese, Copper, Zinc, pH, Ammonia

Lagoon Water Package:  Conductance, Kjeldahl Nitrogen, Ammonia cal Nitrogen, pH, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sulfur, Magnesium, Calcium, Sodium, Iron, Manganese, Copper, Zinc

Compost Plus Package:  Moisture/Total Solids, Total Nitrogen, Phosphate, Potash, Sulfur, Calcium, Magnesium, Sodium, Iron, Manganese, Copper, Zinc, pH, Total Organic Carbon, Total Salts

OMRI Package:  E.coli, Fecal Coliform, Salmonella, Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen, Total Phosphate, Potash, Nitrate Nitrogen, Water Soluble Nitrogen, Water Insoluble Nitrogen, Ammonia cal Nitrogen, Humic Acid, pH, Total Organic Carbon, Bulk Density Packed, Moisture, Sulfur, Calcium, Boron, Cobalt, Copper, Iron, Manganese, Arsenic, Chloride, Lead, Selenium, Cadmium, Chromium, Mercury, Nickel, Sodium, Molybdenum, Zinc

Fertilizer

FE1:  Total Nitrogen

FE2:  Total Nitrogen and Total Phosphate (P2O5)

FE3:  Total Nitrogen, Total Phosphate (P2O5), and Total Potash (K2O)

FE4:  Total Nitrogen, Total Phosphate (P2O5), Non-Ortho Phosphorus, Specific Gravity, pH

Seed

Germination - Barley, Wheat, Corn, Alfalfa, Clover, Rye, Soybeans, Fescue, Oats

Cold Stress (Soybeans & Corn only)

Please allow a minimum of ten days for germination test.

Pesticides and Herbicides

Contact us for a detailed quote to meet your needs.

Inorganic Metals

Contact us for pricing on individual metals.

Total Heavy Metals in Candy Package:  Total Mercury, Lead, Cadmium, Arsenic, Total Heavy Metals (includes sample preparation)

Total Heavy Metals in Food Package:  Reports a sum of Arsenic, Lead, Cadmium, Tin, Copper, Silver, Molybdenum, Mercury, Antimony & Bismuth. Only reports values for Arsenic, Mercury, Lead, Cadmium (includes sample preparation)

Washington Metals Package for Fertilizer:  Arsenic, Cadmium, Cobalt, Molybdenum, Nickel, Lead, Mercury, Selenium, Zinc (includes sample preparation)

Quantitative ICAP Screen (not for assay purposes):  Aluminum, Arsenic, Barium, Boron, Cadmium, Calcium, Chromium, Cobalt, Copper, Iron, Lead, Magnesium, Manganese, Molybdenum, Nickel, Phosphorus, Potassium, Selenium, Silver, Sodium, Sulfur, Zinc (includes sample preparation)

RCRA Metals:  Arsenic, Barium, Cadmium, Chromium, Lead, Mercury, Selenium, Silver, (includes sample preparation)

Target Analyte List (TAL) Metals:  Aluminum, Antimony, Arsenic, Barium, Beryllium, Cadmium, Calcium, Chromium, Cobalt, Copper, Iron, Lead, Magnesium, Manganese, Mercury, Nickel, Potassium, Selenium, Silver, Sodium, Thallium, Vanadium, Zinc (includes sample preparation)

Priority Pollutant (PP) Metals:  Antimony, Arsenic, Beryllium, Cadmium, Chromium, Copper, Lead, Mercury, Nickel, Selenium, Silver, Thallium, Zinc (includes sample preparation)

Inorganic Environmental

Acidity 

Alkalinity 

Ash (Percent)

Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) 5-day

CBOD, 5-day

Chemical Oxygen Demand

Chloride 

Chlorine, Residual 

Chlorophyll a

Color 

Conductance 

Cyanide, Total (Liquid or Solid)

Cyanide, Total and Amenable

Dissolved Oxygen 

Dissolved Phosphorus

Elutriate Processing

Extractable Organic Halides (EOX)

Fluoride (by IC)

Free CO2

Hardness (by ICP (mg &Ca))

Hexane Extractable Materials (HEM)

Hexavalent Chromium (Colorimetric)

Langelier Saturation Index package:  Calcium, Conductivity, pH & Alkalinity

Nitrogen-Ammonia (soil/sediment)

Nitrogen-Ammonia (distillation by IC)

Nitrogen-Ammonia (discrete analyzer EPA 350.1)

Nitrogen, Nitrate

Nitrogen, Nitrate + Nitrite

Nitrogen, Nitrite

Nitrogen-Total Kjeldahl (TKN)

Orthophosphate (colorimetric)

pH

Phenolics

Redox Potential 

Ryznar Stability Index Package:  Calcium, Conductivity, pH & Alkalinity

Solids, Total Dissolved

Solids, Settleable

Solids, Total Suspended

Solids, Volatile Suspended

Solids, Total

Solids, Total Volatile

Specific Gravity (Gravimetric)

Specific Gravity (Hydrometer)

SOUR (Specific Oxygen Uptake Rate)

Sulfate (by IC)

Sulfide

Total Halogens

Total Organic Carbon

Total Organic Carbon (solids)

Total Organic Nitrogen 

Total Organic Halides (Liquid)

% Total Carbon (Liquid)

Turbidity

Volatile Organic Acids

Biodiesel

Glycerin Package:  Glycerol, Ash, Moisture by Karl Fisher, Methanol, MONG-(Material Organic, Non Glycerol)

Ethanol

 

Corn QA/QC Package:  Crude Protein, Moisture (Gravimetric Oven), Total Starch

Corn QA/QC Package:  Crude Protein, Moisture (Gravimetric Oven)

Amino Acid Profile Package:  Aspartic Acid, Threonine, Serine, Glutamic Acid, Glycine, Alanine, Valine, Methionine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Tyrosine, Phenylalanine, Histidine, Lysine, Agrinine, Proline, Cystine, Tryptophan

 

Suspected Hazards

Flash Point, Liquid Samples (Closed Cup, 4° - 110°C)

Flash Point, Solid Samples (Open Cup, 4° - 300°)

Corrosity - pH Determination

Corrosivity - Solid Samples

Free Water (Paint Filter test)

Reactivity - Releasable Cyanide

Reactivity - Releasable Sulfide

Reactivity - Tested for violent reaction with water

Reactivity - With strong base (10N NaOH)

Reactivity - With strong acid (6N HCI)

Reactivity - Glycol

Reactivity - Propylene Glycol




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