Department of Agriculture and Fisheries

Site

Cairns Microbiological Laboratory

Accreditation No.

97

Site No.

15138

Date of Accreditation

12 May 2003

Address

21 Redden Street, Portsmith
Cairns, QLD 4870
Australia

daf.qld.gov.au/business-priorities/agriculture/rde/food-testing-facility

Contact

Dr Brett Wedding P: +61 (07) 42418228

Availability

Services available to external clients

Scope of Accreditation

Print scopes
Cairns Microbiological Laboratory

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Environment

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Analysis for microorganisms Potable waters Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms; Coliforms - Thermotolerant Most probable number (MPN) AS 4276.6
Plate count Pour plate AS 4276.3

ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)

Food and Beverage

Service Product Determinant Technique Procedure
Analysis for microorganisms Beverages; Cereal products; Confectionery; Crustaceans; Dairy products; Edible fats and oils; Eggs and egg products; Fish; Food additives; Frozen prepared meals; Fruit and fruit products; Honey; Meat and meat products; Molluscs (including shell); Nuts and nut products; Poultry and poultry products; Sugar and sugar products; Vegetables and vegetable products Yeasts and moulds Spread plate - Aerobic and anaerobic AS 5013.29
Beverages; Cereal products; Confectionery; Crustaceans; Dairy products; Edible fats and oils; Eggs and egg products; Fish; Food additives; Fruit and fruit products; Honey; Meat and meat products; Molluscs (including shell); Nuts and nut products; Poultry and poultry products; Sugar and sugar products; Vegetables and vegetable products Plate count Spread plate - Petrifilm AOAC 986.33
AOAC 989.10
AOAC 990.12
Staphylococcus spp. - Coagulase producing strains Spread plate - Petrifilm AOAC 2003.07
AOAC 2003.08
AOAC 2003.11
Yeasts and moulds Spread plate - Petrifilm AOAC 997.02
Salmonella spp. Qualitative selective enrichment AS 5013.10
Beverages; Cereal products; Confectionery; Crustaceans; Dairy products; Edible fats and oils; Eggs and egg products; Fish; Food additives; Fruit and fruit products; Honey; Meat and meat products; Molluscs (including shell); Nuts and nut products; Poultry and poultry products; Sugar products; Vegetables and vegetable products Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms; Coliforms - Thermotolerant Spread plate - Aerobic and anaerobic

AOAC 991.14
AOAC 998.08
Listeria monocytogenes; Listeria spp. Enrichment

AS 5013.24.1
Plate count Pour plate

AS 5013.5
Listeria monocytogenes; Listeria spp. Molecular AFNOR 3M 01/04-05/16
Salmonella spp. Molecular AFNOR 3M 01/16-11/16
Escherichia coli​​​​; Coliforms; Coliforms - Thermotolerant Most probable number (MPN)

AS 5013.3
AS 5013.15

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