Cremco Labs is announcing ISO/IEC 17025 accredited food safety testing services that support Canadian small food businesses with microbiological and chemical testing designed to align with CFIA’s Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) and help verify preventive controls.
-- The recently expanded microbiological and chemical testing offerings from Cremco Labs are intended to help operators meet CFIA’s SFCR preventive control requirements and support verification of their control measures, addressing a gap that often leaves small-scale producers exposed during inspections. Accreditation by the Standards Council of Canada confirms the laboratory’s technical competence and supports international recognition of results, providing third-party data that can strengthen a business’s position during regulatory or customer audits.
More information is available at https://cremco.ca/food-safety-testing
The announcement comes as small food businesses manage increasing compliance expectations under CFIA’s SFCR, which require many operators to hold a license, implement a preventive control plan or at least meet preventive control requirements, and maintain traceability and recall records.
The stakes of compliance are significant. Industry reports and insurance analyses suggest that total food recall costs often reach or exceed ten million dollars once direct and indirect impacts are considered, although actual values vary by incident, sector, and scale. To help reduce the likelihood of such events, Cremco Labs offers microbiological testing for pathogens including Salmonella, Listeria, and E. coli, alongside indicator organism analysis and environmental monitoring services.
Chemical testing capabilities include mycotoxins, vitamins, and amino acids using methods that are aligned with Health Canada and other recognized standards bodies, supporting defensible data packages for hazard identification and verification activities. This multifaceted service model helps businesses identify and verify controls for reasonably foreseeable hazards, a core expectation under CFIA’s preventive control framework, by providing data on whether sanitation programs, kill steps, and supplier verification activities are functioning as intended.
As the Cremco team explains, the lab’s ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation provides independent recognition that its quality system and methods are capable of producing valid results within the accredited scope. While SFCR does not always legally require accredited laboratories, using ISO/IEC 17025 accredited providers can strengthen a company’s documentation and credibility during CFIA inspections and customer audits because it demonstrates that test results come from a lab operating under recognized quality standards.
The service offering has been structured around common compliance challenges for small food businesses, which often include limited environmental monitoring, testing programs that are not clearly tied to hazard analyses, incomplete supplier verification, and limited or outdated process validation. Cremco Labs addresses these issues through risk-based testing program design and technical consultation that help operators identify and close gaps before they escalate into enforcement actions or costly recalls.
Those interested in these services can start with a preliminary self-assessment using the free checklist available on the Cremco Labs website. The team can also provide service quotations and technical discussions on how testing can support a company’s existing food safety plan; food businesses that want to strengthen their compliance and audit readiness can visit the link below to get started.
For more details, visit https://cremco.ca
Contact Info:
Name: Bahram Zargar
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Organization: Cremco Labs
Address: 3403 American Dr., Mississauga, Ontario L4V 1T8, Canada
Website: https://cremco.ca
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