Dietary supplements

WHAT TESTS DO WE OFFER?

1. Analyzes of microbiological purity of products during batch release
2. Studies of microbiological stability during storage
3. Analyzes at the research and development stage

We perform microbiological analyzes in the field of determinations

1. Total number of aerobic microorganisms
2. Total yeast/mold count
3. Presence/number  Escherichia coli
4. Presence of Staphylococcus aureus
5. The presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
6. Presence of Salmonella
7. The presence of Clostridium
8. The presence of Candida albicans
9. Presence/number of bile-tolerant gram-negative bacteria
10. The presence of Listeria

LEGAL REQUIREMENTS

Pursuant to the Act of 25 August 2006 on food and nutrition safety, dietary supplements are foodstuffs whose purpose is to supplement a normal diet. Dietary supplements are a concentrated source of vitamins, minerals or other ingredients. They occur in the form characteristic of oral medicinal products, very often they are produced by pharmaceutical companies.

OUR CERTIFICATES AND AUTHORIZATIONS

Mikrolab has a research laboratory accreditation certificate issued by the Polish Center for Accreditation, accreditation number AB 1531

Mikrolab has the permission of the Chief Pharmaceutical Inspector to manufacture (test) medicinal products and test medicinal products (for clinical trials) in the scope of microbiological quality control of non-sterile products.

Mikrolab has a GMP certificate approved by the Chief Pharmaceutical Inspector.

Mikrolab has been approved by the State Sanitary Inspection. The test results are honored by the Sanitary and Epidemiological Stations.

WHY SHOULD DIETARY SUPPLEMENT TESTS BE PERFORMED?

Dietary supplements are used to improve the functioning of the human body. When supplementing the diet with minerals, vitamins and other nutrients, it is important that the products meet the appropriate criteria of microbiological purity. The presence of undesirable microorganisms in the product may adversely affect the quality of the product or the health of the consumer. Ensuring appropriate microbiological purity of dietary supplements should be the manufacturer's goal.

Each final product can be contaminated at any stage of production. One type of contamination may be microbial contamination. That is why it is so important for the manufacturer to have an efficient quality control system for dietary supplements. Microbial contamination can be the result of failure to follow proper procedures during production, as well as insufficient control of the raw materials used.

Also, the packaging of supplements itself may become a source of contamination of the product already at the production stage or during packaging. The packaging should be designed in such a way that it does not facilitate secondary contamination of the product by the user. Manufacturers can comprehensively ensure the quality of the product introduced to the market also by controlling the microbiological purity of the packaging in which the dietary supplement will be released to the market.