Birling Laboratories Pty Limited

Site

Birling Laboratories

Accreditation No.

14235

Site No.

15676

Date of Accreditation

04 Oct 2021

Address

975 The Northern Road
Bringelly, NSW 2556
Australia

Contact

Ms Anne Marie Curle P: +61 (02) 47746100

Availability

Services available to external clients

Birling Laboratories Pty Limited address map

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Birling Laboratories

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Agribusiness

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Analysis of physical and nutritional characteristics Animal fats and oils; Vegetable oils Free fatty acids Titration in-house method BALCHMSOP016
Animal feeds; Barley; Bone meal; Canola; Chickpeas; Field peas; Grains; Legumes; Maize; Oats; Pulses; Rye; Stockfeeds; Wheat Ash Gravimetric in-house method BALCHMSOP027
Phosphorus Colourimetry in-house method BALCHMSOP040
Animal feeds; Oilseeds Moisture Gravimetric in-house method BALCHMSOP020
Detection, characterisation and/or quantification of nucleic acids Animal feeds; Canola; Cotton; Maize; Plant material; Soy (soya); Tallow GMO DNA target - 3'NOS; GMO DNA target - P34S; GMO DNA target - P35S; GMO DNA target - PAT gene Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in-house method BALPCR023

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Environment

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Analysis for microorganisms Bacterial isolates Identification MALDI-TOF in-house method BALMICOP050 using Biomerieux Knowledge base version refkl-full-8.5.0-3
Fresh waters; Industrial waters - Treated, recirculating Legionella pneumophila; Legionella spp. Spread plate - Aerobic and anaerobic AS 3896
Surfaces Plate count Most probable number (MPN) - TEMPO

in-house method BALQASOP039

Coliforms Most probable number (MPN) - TEMPO

in-house method BALQASOP021

Plate count Pour plate

AS 5013.5

Listeria monocytogenes Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) - Automated (VIDAS)

in-house method BALQASOP004

Coliforms Pour plate

AS 5013.4

Salmonella spp. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

in-house method BALQASOP038

Plate count Spread plate - Aerobic and anaerobic

in-house method BALQASOP016

Listeria spp. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in-house method BALQASOP048
Listeria spp. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) - Automated (VIDAS)

in-house method BALQASOP011

Analysis for physical and chemical characteristics Irrigation and stock waters Phosphate; Phosphorus - Acid hydrolysable - Total UV-vis spectrophotometry

in-house method BALCHMSOP006

Calcium UV-vis spectrophotometry

in-house method BALCHMSOP002

Nitrogen - Nitrate UV-vis spectrophotometry

in-house method BALCHMSOP004

Ammonium UV-vis spectrophotometry in-house method BALCHMSOP001
Nitrogen - Nitrite UV-vis spectrophotometry

in-house method BALCHMSOP005

Nitrogen UV-vis spectrophotometry

in-house method BALCHMSOP009

Magnesium UV-vis spectrophotometry

in-house method BALCHMSOP010

Sulfate UV-vis spectrophotometry

in-house method BALCHMSOP008

Chloride UV-vis spectrophotometry

in-house method BALCHMSOP003

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Food and Beverage

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Analysis for allergenic proteins Meat and meat products Gluten allergens Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

in-house method BALQASOP041

Analysis for microorganisms Bacterial isolates Identification MALDI-TOF

in-house method BALMICOP050 using Biomerieux Knowledge base version refkl-full-8.5.0-3

Meat and meat products; Plant based meals; Poultry and poultry products Plate count Most probable number (MPN) - TEMPO

in-house method BALQASOP039

Yeasts and moulds Spread plate

AS 5013.29

Plate count Pour plate

AS 5013.5

Listeria monocytogenes; Listeria spp. Qualitative selective enrichment in-house method BALQASOP012
Bacillus cereus Spread plate

AS 5013.2

Staphylococcus spp. - Coagulase producing strains Pour plate

AS 5013.12.2

Staphylococcus spp. - Coagulase producing strains Most probable number (MPN) - TEMPO

in-house method BALQASOP007

Salmonella spp. Qualitative selective enrichment in-house method BALQASOP003
Enterobacteriaceae Most probable number (MPN) - TEMPO in-house method BALQASOP027
Listeria monocytogenes Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

in-house method BALQASOP040

Salmonella spp. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

in-house method BALQASOP038

Enterobacteriaceae Pour plate

AS 5013.8

Listeria spp. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) - Automated (VIDAS)

in-house method BALQASOP011

Meat and meat products; Poultry and poultry products Salmonella spp. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in-house method BALPCRSOP038
Coliforms Most probable number (MPN) - TEMPO

in-house method BALQASOP021

Staphylococcus enterotoxins Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) - Automated (VIDAS) in-house method BALQASOP034
Coliforms Pour plate

AS 5013.4

Listeria spp. enumeration Spread plate - Aerobic and anaerobic

AS 5013.24.2

Campylobacter spp. Spread plate - Aerobic and anaerobic

in-house method BALQASOP013

Escherichia coli​​​​ Pour plate

in-house method BALQASOP006

Bacillus cereus Most probable number (MPN) - TEMPO

in-house method BALQASOP065

Salmonella spp. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) - Automated (VIDAS)

in-house method BALQASOP002

Listeria monocytogenes Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) - Automated (VIDAS)

in-house method BALQASOP004

Escherichia coli​​​​ Most probable number (MPN) - TEMPO

in-house method BALQASOP005

Clostridium perfringens Pour plate

AS 5013.16

Plate count Spread plate - Petrifilm

in-house method BALQASOP016

Campylobacter spp. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) - Automated (VIDAS)

in-house method BALQASOP009

Campylobacter spp. Most probable number (MPN) - TEMPO

in-house method BALQASOP057

Potable waters Plate count Pour plate

AS 4276.3.1

Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms Membrane filter

AS 4276.5

Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms Defined substrate technology in-house method BALQASOP050
Meat and fish species testing Meat and meat products; Poultry and poultry products Beef; Chicken; Pork; Turkey Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in-house method BALPCR024
Molecular analysis - Bioinformatic analysis and interpretation DNA sequences generated from DNA libraries by Ion S5TM sequencing Primary analysis - Conversion of instrument file to FASTQ or FASTA file; Reporting; Secondary analysis - Alignment and variant calling; Tertiary analysis - Data annotation and interpretation Analysis of DNA alignment; Conversion of raw data to BAM files; DNA alignment to reference sequence; Mapping of aligned sequences to custom database of verified sequences in-house method BALPCRSOP031 (Salmonella spp. typing)
Molecular analysis - Sequencing Bacterial isolates Salmonella spp. serotyping Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) in-house method BALPCRSOP037 (Salmonella spp. typing)
Extracted DNA from a saline suspension of organisms Viable DNA libraries for ion S5 sequencing for Salmonella serotyping Ion Torrent in-house method BALPCRSOP031 (Salmonella spp. typing)

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Healthcare, Pharmaceutical and Media Products

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Analysis for media quality control Bacteriology media - General purpose; Bacteriology media - Selective Cultural recovery; Gel strength; Physical appearance; Shelf life; Sterility; pH Physical appearance; Qualitative; Quantitative ASM Guidelines for Assuring the Quality of Food and Water Microbiological Culture Media 2014

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