Case Study
Simplicity achieved for testing honey in a South African contract laboratory
Labserve Analytical Services, an innovative contract laboratory, continually seeks new challenges and market sectors to serve. Located in Nelspruit, the capital of Mpumalanga province in northeastern South Africa about 330 kilometers from Johannesburg and near the Crocodile River, the lab was established in 1978. They are current members of two organizations overseeing accreditation and standardization: the National Laboratory Association (NLA) and the Agri Laboratory Association of Southern Africa (ALASA). Labserve began Simplicity achieved for testing honey in a South African contract laboratory as an oil and lubricants testing facility, then progressed to agricultural analysis, water (inorganic analysis), and recently organic analysis. Offering a variety of test panels, th