Objects of examination
A specific product, sample, packaging, batch of products or set of documents may be examined. The main categories are listed below, but the list is not exhaustive.
Food product categories
Meat and meat products
Meat, semi-prepared meat products, sausages and other meat products.
Go to section →objectFish and seafood
Fish, fish products, seafood and products made from them.
Go to section →objectDairy products
Milk, fermented dairy products, cheese, butter, curd cheese and other dairy goods.
Go to section →objectVegetables and fruit
Fresh vegetables, fruit, berries, herbs and other fruit and vegetable products.
Go to section →objectBread and baked goods
Bread, flour-based products, baked goods and related products.
Go to section →objectConfectionery
Chocolate, sweets, biscuits, wafers, cakes, desserts and other confectionery.
Go to section →objectBeverages
Non-alcoholic beverages, juice products, water, tea and coffee products.
Go to section →objectCanned foods
Canned fruit and vegetables, meat, fish and other canned foods.
Go to section →objectFrozen foods
Frozen foods, semi-prepared products and goods sensitive to temperature conditions.
Go to section →objectDry groceries, groats and grain
Groats, grain, flour, pasta, sugar, salt, spices and dry groceries.
Go to section →objectOils and fats
Vegetable oils, edible fats, and oil and fat products.
Go to section →objectPrepared foods
Ready-made dishes, prepared food products and catering products.
Go to section →Which signs are examined
- identifying features of the goods and batch;
- commercial condition, appearance, packaging and labelling;
- conformity with documents and available requirements of regulatory and technical documentation (НТД);
- signs of spoilage, damage and loss of consumer properties;
- storage and transport conditions — where source data is available for analysis;
- the value of the goods or batch as of a specified date.
Limitations
A category name does not in itself mean that every question can be answered using commodity examination methods. Composition, safety, microbiology and a range of physical and chemical parameters require a specialist laboratory and an appropriate methodology.
What to read next
Product catalogue
Bananas
Fresh fruit, batches of bananas, packaging and transport containers.
Learn more →productApples
Fresh apples of various varieties and batches of fruit.
Learn more →productCitrus fruit
Oranges, mandarins, lemons, grapefruits and other citrus fruit.
Learn more →productGrapes
Table grapes and batches of berries.
Learn more →productPotatoes
Table potatoes and batches of tubers.
Learn more →productTomatoes
Fresh tomatoes and batches of vegetables.
Learn more →productBeef
Beef, chilled or frozen products and batches.
Learn more →productPork
Pork, chilled or frozen products and batches.
Learn more →productPoultry meat
Carcasses, carcass parts and other chilled or frozen poultry products.
Learn more →productSausage products
Cooked, smoked, uncooked smoked and other sausage products.
Learn more →productChilled fish
Chilled fish products and batches.
Learn more →productFrozen fish
Frozen fish and semi-prepared fish products.
Learn more →productFish roe
Fish roe in consumer packaging and batches.
Learn more →productMilk
Pasteurised, ultra-pasteurised and other milk in consumer packaging.
Learn more →productCheese
Hard, semi-hard, soft and other cheeses.
Learn more →productCurd cheese
Curd cheese and curd cheese products.
Learn more →productSour cream
Sour cream and similar fermented dairy products.
Learn more →productButter
Butter in consumer or transport packaging.
Learn more →productBread
Bread and bakery products.
Learn more →productFlour
Wheat, rye and other flour in consumer or transport packaging.
Learn more →productChocolate
Chocolate in bars, sold by weight and in other forms.
Learn more →productSweets
Chocolate, coated, caramel and other sweets.
Learn more →productBiscuits
Sugar biscuits, hard-dough biscuits, rich biscuits and other biscuits.
Learn more →productCakes and pastries
Cakes, pastries and other cream confectionery.
Learn more →productCoffee
Whole-bean, ground and instant coffee.
Learn more →productTea
Loose-leaf tea, tea bags and other tea.
Learn more →productDrinking water
Bottled drinking water.
Learn more →productJuices and juice products
Juices, nectars and juice-containing drinks.
Learn more →productCanned vegetables
Canned vegetables in metal, glass and other packaging.
Learn more →productFrozen semi-prepared products
Frozen meat, vegetable, dough-based and other semi-prepared products.
Learn more →productVegetable oil
Packaged vegetable oil.
Learn more →No matches in the current set of pages. You can submit a request about any other food product.
Send documents and photographs
Describe the task and attach photographs of the products and labelling, delivery documents, records, the contract, claim, court order or another expert's report.
- we will check whether the question falls within the commodity expert's competence;
- we will determine whether an inspection or laboratory component is needed;
- we will indicate the possible result format, cost and time frame.