We are a leading provider of food assurance services to Aotearoa’s primary and food production sectors. Sharing and applying knowledge and insights from over 100 years’ experience, we are dedicated to helping our partners uphold what Aotearoa stands for in food – a higher standard of quality and safety.

Merck, your partner in food & beverage testing.
Our analysis products are used by food manufacturers in order to continuously monitor the quality of their goods. For example, our high-purity reagents and chromatography systems support compliance with the very stringent international food regulations. We offer solutions to ensure that the food we consume is safe and free from contaminants.
Find the Food & Beverage Safety Testing Solution to Match Your Needs.
Food safety goes far beyond the visible. We understand that changing regulations, complex processes and delayed product releases can be challenging; see how we can help with our full range of microbiological food testing and environmental monitoring solutions.
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Contact Merck – how we can partner with you?

A national network of open-access food and beverage production facilities enabling businesses to scale up and commercialise new products.
From research and development through to manufacturing, the government funded network brings a unique level of expertise and access to a diverse suite of manufacturing equipment which provides an accessible pathway to market for businesses of all sizes.

MilkTestNZ is a world leading milk testing laboratory using highly automated processes and advanced technology. A range of microbiology, composition, analytical and specialty tests are available. More recently, MilkTestNZ has expanded its capability to include residue testing in both milk and milk products. MilkTestNZ provides a high quality service with rapid turnaround times at cost effective prices to our customers in New Zealand and internationally.
CEO – Udit Singh
Divisional Manager – Jacob Babu
Sales and Marketing Manager – Kavitha Babu
Customer Service Representative & Sample Reception Team Leader – Tyran McDonald
Customer Service Representative – Megan Jones

Really local. Truly global.
Eurofins New Zealand offers an unmatched range of independent analytical testing and support services to customers across the food, water, agricultural, environmental, pesticide and pharmaceutical industries.
Drawing on an international portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods, we offer a unique scope of testing to characterise the safety, identity, purity, composition, authenticity, and origin of food and agricultural products.
We believe in listening to, and working closely with our customers to understand your needs and delivering tailor-made solutions that help you achieve your goals. We offer solutions to support product development, compliance and market access and carry out regulatory and third party auditing and certification.
When you partner with Eurofins New Zealand, you are partnering with a leading global network of laboratories with over 50,000 dedicated employees, across more than 800 facilities in 50 countries.
Get in touch to find out how we can add value to your business.

Gribbles Scientific provides tailored solutions for all your food and environmental testing needs. We offer a comprehensive IANZ and LAS accredited service for microbiology, analytical chemistry, pathogen testing, nutritional analysis, shelf life testing, vitamins, allergens, hygiene monitoring, elemental analysis and feed and meal testing.

We pride ourselves on providing a high quality, rapid turnaround service, delivered by friendly and helpful scientific staff.

Ngaio Diagnostics is a NZ owned business offering innovative testing solutions to the food industry with a product range suited for in house or laboratory testing. With more than 25 years’ experience and representing some of the world’s leading manufacturers we are well placed to offer great testing solutions to NZ food manufacturers.

Ngaio’s product range includes Hygiena ATP Systems, including the new Ensure Touch that is easy to use with a large touch screen and Wi-Fi so that results can be stored in the cloud and accessed from anywhere. The Ensure Touch can also be used with MicroSnap, rapid 6- 8 hour microbiological detection, as well as ATP water tests and process efficiency tests, Alkaline Phosphatase and Acid Phosphatase.

Ngaio also supplies protein residue tests, ProClean and glucose/lactose residue tests, SpotCheck Plus and a range of Gluten and other allergen tests.

Ngaio has a range of solutions for Salmonella and Listeria testing. These include tests that can be done on-site such as Insite Salmonella, Insite Listeria and Listeria Glow which can detect Listeria species and Listeria monocytogenes. Also available are 24 hour and 48 hour Elisa tests for Salmonella and Listeria for higher volume applications and a range of molecular methods for these pathogens.

We also have a wide range of dehydrated culture media available.
Our staff have an in depth knowledge of the products we market to the food industry and we have excellent technical back up from our suppliers. We take pride in providing quality advice and support in a timely manner and ensuring products are supplied promptly.

Cawthron Analytical Science is a division of the Cawthron Institute, an independent science research organisation servicing the primary sector. It is an ISO 17025 accredited contract laboratory that has been operating for 50 years, and has a proven track record for quality, analytical excellence and scientific expertise. Cawthron Analytical Science offers the latest in analytical technology, customised services and a rapid response to industry needs. Capability includes: food chemistry, microbiology, aquatic toxins & natural products testing to GMP & TGA requirements. In addition to these routine services, a specialist analytical R&D team are available for customised analytical work and research.

ATA Scientific specialises in sales, support and service for a range of analytical instruments for assessing food and drink products in terms of their structure, composition, physicochemical properties and sensory characteristics. These techniques are widely used by ingredient manufacturers, food producers, researchers and laboratories to ensure product quality, safety and process efficiency.
Some of our innovative instruments include:
• Phenom Desktop Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), affordable, fast and easy to use high resolution imaging with elemental (EDS) analysis.
• Malvern Mastersizer 3000, enables wet and dry particle size measurements (10nm to 3.5mm)
• Malvern Zetasizer for the measurement of particle and molecular size, particle charge and particle concentration.
• Malvern Morphologi 4-ID for automated imaging of particle size, shape and chemical identification.
• Attension Theta Optical Tensiometer for surface interaction between gas, liquids and solids.
• Micromeritics gas sorption instruments for surface area & pore size measurements plus density of powders.