Oilseeds, nuts, oils and fats, FOSFA analyst
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FOSFA APPROVED OILSEEDS, NUTS, OILS AND FATS ANALYSIS
FOSFA Analyst and Superintendent: your world-class oilseeds, nuts, oils and fats analysis partner
Alex Stewart Agriculture is an established and internationally recognised Superintendent member of:
- The Federation of Oils Seeds and Fats Associations (FOSFA).
- The Palm Oil Refiners Association of Malaysia (PORAM).
- The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB).
- The TIC Council.
Our ISO 17025-accredited laboratories in Liverpool (UK) and Shanghai (China) perform all mandatory and many optional FOSFA contractual methods on commodities traded under terms of FOSFA international contracts.
A Norman Tate Laboratories, a founding member of FOSFA and part of the Alex Stewart Agriculture Group, provides all mandatory and optional FOSFA international contractual methods by performing recognised classical wet chemistry analysis for an extensive range of oilseeds, including oilseed rape, nuts, oils, fats, tallow, render, mixed acid vegetable oils, soaps and waxes:
- Groundnut oil.
- Rape-seed oil.
- Soyabean oil.
- Palm oil.
- Cottonseed oil.
- Olive oil.
- Tallow/render.
- Rape-seed.
- Sunflowerseed.
- Linseed.
- Sunflowerseed oil.
- Corn oil.
- Palm Kernel oil.
- Coconut oil.
OILSEEDS, NUTS, OILS AND FATS ANALYSIS SERVICES
FOSFA analysis of oils, fats and oilseeds in our laboratories in Argentina, Brazil, India, Peru, Ukraine and the UK provides fast, accurate results and a comprehensive range of analytical services relating to:
- Moisture.
- Impurities.
- Free fatty acids -FFA.
- Unsaponifiable matter.
- Density.
- Erucic Acid.
- Metal trace elements.
- Lovibond colour.
OILSEEDS, NUTS, OILS AND FATS INSPECTION SERVICES
Our FOSFA-approved cargo surveys and inspections are available, no matter where in the world your shipment is being transported. Our FOSFA cargo surveys include:
- Quality control.
- Quantity verification / ullage survey.
- Supervision of loading and/or discharge.
- Sampling.
- Land tank inspection.
- Ship tank inspection.
- Container tank inspection.
- Loss prevention.
- Supervision of transfer to transport.
- Laboratory analysis.
- Certification.
- Consultancy.
For more information about our world-class oilseeds, nuts, oils and fats analysis services please call: +44 (0) 151 525 1488.
Our Locations
A Global Network
- AS Inspections, Loads and Discharge Operations
- AS Laboratory, Sample Preparation and Customer Services
- AS Government Business Headquarters