Kenya Bureau of Standards
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Biochemical Laboratories

The Laboratories are well equipped with state of the art facilities and have trained and experienced technical personnel who carry out tests on raw materials, semi-finished and finished products.Our labs offer a full range of package testing capabilities. In addition to highly specialized instrumentation, data acquisition, and custom test apparatus
The following are the laboratories involved in this section
  • Food and Agriculture Lab
  • Organic Lab
  • Inorganic Lab
  • Microbiology Lab
 
The food laboratory tests the following;
  • Cereal and meal cereal products
  • Animal feeds
  • Dairy products
  • Meat and meat products
  • Beverages
  • Fats and oils
  • Fruits, vegetables and their products
  • Sugar confectionery
  • Alcoholic drinks
  • Carbonated drinks
  • Fertilizers
Capabilities
  • Labelling
  • Refractive index
  • Fat content
  • pH
  • Fibre content
  • Brix
  • Sulphur dioxide content
  • Alcoholic content
  • Total acidity
  • Total solids
  • Aflatoxin
  • Moisture
  • Acid insoluble
  • Total ash
  • Protein
  • Nitrogen,
  • Phosphorus,
  • Calcium etc

 

The Organic laboratory tests the following;
  • Petroleum products
  • Soaps
  • Detergents
  • Cosmetics
  • Spirits
  • Insecticidal products


 
The Inorganic laboratory tests the following
  • Water treatment chemicals
  • Acids
  • Alkalis
  • Soda ash
  • Drinking water
  • Effluents
  • Salt
  • Sugar
  • Building materials such as cement, steel, lime,
  • Writing materials such as chalk

 

The Microbiology laboratory tests the following;
  • Foods
  • Feeds
  • Drinking water
  • Cosmetics
  • Disinfectants
  • Sterility checks
 
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