PROVIDING LABORATORY TESTING AND
QUALITY ASSURANCE SERVICES SINCE 1985.

SSQC Ltd is an independent quality assurance company based in Shetland

We offer:

  • High-quality services tailored to meet the needs of clients
  • Shetland's first line defence for product quality
  • Specialist time-critical services, enabling quality issues to be identified & dealt with as soon as possible

We can:

  • Visit client sites or premises to undertake sampling
  • Supply clients with sampling materials e.g., swabs, sterile sample bottles
  • Deliver bespoke training e.g., sampling procedures

Analytical Services

  • Microbiological & chemical testing for a wide range of water, food-borne and environmental bacteria
  • RSA accredited (Marks & Spencer and Tesco)
  • Drinking Water Test Specification (DWTS) accredited
  • Official Control Laboratory for E. coli testing in bivalve shellfish

We are UKAS accredited for a range of tests as described on our UKAS schedule of accreditation (Lab No. 2651)

Services include:

  • Hygiene testing e.g. environmental/product swabs
  • Product testing
  • Water testing
  • Shelf-Life testing

Tests include:

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  • E. coli
  • Coliforms
  • Salmonella
  • Pseudomonas
  • Legionella
  • Total Viable Counts
  • Listeria
  • Enterobacteria
  • Staphylococcus

Inspectorate Services

The highly experienced Inspectorate Services team have been working alongside the food production industry to improve product quality for over 30 years.

Services offered include:

  • Third party auditing
  • HACCP Development
  • Shetland Whitefish Quality Scheme

For more information contact us at:

SSQC Ltd

Port Arthur

Scalloway

ZE1 0UN

Phone: 01595 482 670

Email: info@ssqc.co.uk

Website: www.ssqc.co.uk