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Agriculture

  • GRAIN GRADING & LABORATORY TESTING

    AGRICULTURAL INSPECTION & TESTING

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    Bureau Veritas performs grain grading and laboratory testing according to client specifications and government standards, such as USDA and CGC. Laboratory results are commonly used by our clients for a variety of purposes including exporting agricultural goods or meeting their internal quality control needs. 

    Bureau Veritas specializes in performing the following agriculture lab tests for grains such as soybeans, corn and wheat:

    • Proximate analysis (protein, fat, fiber, ash and moisture)
    • Mycotoxins (aflatoxin, vomitoxin and other prevalent mycotoxins)
    • Chemical, contaminant and microbiological analyses
    • Gluten testing
  • VESSEL SUPERVISION

    AGRICULTURAL INSPECTION & TESTING

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    With an extensive global network of over 140 countries, Bureau Veritas can survey the same goods at loading, transhipment and discharge ports for clients importing or exporting to any country. Our operations team assists clients in minimizing commercial risk by monitoring condition, quality, and quantity as products are moved.

    Our vessel supervision services include:

    • Supervision of the cargo's condition and visual checks during loading operations
    • Supervision of weighing during loading operations
    • Vessel draft surveys and quantity verification of commodities
    • Cleanliness inspection of vessel cargo holds and hatches prior to loading 
    • Sealing vessel hatches/holds
    • Drawing samples for laboratory analysis
    • Witness of fumigation
  • CONTAINER INSPECTIONS

    AGRICULTURAL INSPECTION & TESTING

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    We offer inspections for all types of commodities that move via shipping container, including everything from common agricultural commodities to frozen goods. Our full suite of services includes:

    • Sampling and laboratory analysis
    • Cleanliness inspection
    • Weight verification
    • Packaging and label verification
    • Label/lot verification
    • Affix tamper seals onto fully loaded containers
    • Visual verification on the condition of the cargo
    • Temperature monitoring where applicable
  • INSPECTIONS & DAMAGE SURVEYS

    AGRICULTURAL INSPECTION & TESTING

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    Through onsite inspections, we draw samples from loads to report on conditions such as temperature and other damage control measures. Our inspectors also verify details such as shipment weight, quality and condition of the goods as well as its cargo container. These inspections are conducted at the elevator or warehouse and wherever necessary throughout its journey across vessels, containers, barges, trains or trucks.

    PRE-SHIPMENT INSPECTIONS

    Bureau Veritas is approved to conduct pre-shipment inspections by several governmental bodies across multiple continents for international trade. This allows clients to verify the quality of your products and environmental conditions of the shipping container at time of loading. 

    ONSITE SERVICES

    With the implementation of an onsite laboratory, Bureau Veritas conducts frequent testing with same day results to help you ensure the quality of your grains are maintained. Our full suite of laboratory services enables us to be a true partner, focusing on reliability and efficiency in your day to day operations. 

BUILDING SCIENCE

  • LEAD IN PAINT

    BUILDING SCIENCE

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  • LEGIONELLA

    BUILDING SCIENCE

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  • POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBs)

    BUILDING SCIENCE

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  • RADON

    BUILDING SCIENCE

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  • ASBESTOS

    BUILDING SCIENCE

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CONSUMER PROTECTION SERVICES

  • AUTOMOTIVE

    CONSUMER PROTECTION SERVICES

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  • ELECTRONICS & SMART PRODUCTS

    CONSUMER PROTECTION SERVICES

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  • HEALTH, BEAUTY, HOUSEHOLD & FOOD

    CONSUMER PROTECTION SERVICES

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  • PACKAGING & SOLUTIONS

    CONSUMER PROTECTION SERVICES

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  • RETAIL

    CONSUMER PROTECTION SERVICES

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  • SOFTLINES & HARDLINES

    CONSUMER PROTECTION SERVICES

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  • TOYS & JUVENILE PRODUCTS

    CONSUMER PROTECTION SERVICES

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DNA & FORENSIC TESTING

  • ENVIRONMENTAL DNA

    DNA

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  • FOOD GENOMICS

    DNA

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    food genomics

    Using genomics as a discovery tool, Bureau Veritas offers services including food authentication, microbiome analysis and pathogen typing to help decrease food fraud and ratify your food safety program. Food genomics can also be an effective tool for food traceability and can have a greater impact on lowering the carbon footprint in agriculture, seafood farming and livestock management. 

    Food authentication is based on Next Generation Sequencing technology and references a DNA sequence database to identify the ingredient in the sample. Our range of food authentication testing services includes food component detection, ingredient declaration, mislabeling detection and confirmation of cross-contamination.

    Microbiome analysis provides a discovery tool that develops a fingerprint of the organisms being tested. With microbiome analysis, you can develop data to solve issues over sample abuse and contamination, as well as establish the shelf life of the sample. Food manufacturers can benefit from this analysis when developing new products, and food companies can use it to enhance the quality of existing products.

    Pathogen typing generates information to address food safety challenges, such as pathogen contamination, using targeted Next Generation Sequencing and Whole Genome Sequencing. This analysis allows you to identify pathogens and their distribution across a region, confirm outbreak strains, identify the source of contamination in a plant or processing unit, and understand the movement of the pathogen.

  • ANIMAL DNA TESTING

    DNA

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    Bureau Veritas’s animal DNA Laboratory has been providing animal DNA testing and expert service to the livestock and breeding industry since 1986. Our laboratory in Guelph, Ontario is accredited to ISO 17025 by the Standards Council of Canada and is a participating member of ISAG. Testing services include: parentage / identity verification, genetic abnormality testing, heritable traits of interest including: horned/polled, coat colour, and milk protein testing, pedigree reconstruction, and identity testing for quality control programs. 

    We service pedigreed livestock, animal breeding, artificial insemination, equine racing & doping control, animal and semen export, and traceability & certification applications. Species that we test include: horse, cattle, swine and goat. We support the artificial insemination (AI) industry and animal genetics through DNA analysis of commercial semen straws. Animal DNA testing for artificial insemination may include the following applications: sire verification of AI calves, quality control and confirmation of sex sorting.

  • FORENSIC EQUINE DRUG TESTING

    FORENSIC EQUINE DRUG TESTING

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    Drug Analysis - Horse Racing & Shows

    FEDT Research

    Veterinary Pre-Purchase Drug Analysis

  • FORENSICS

    DNA

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  • RELATIONSHIP TESTING, PATERNITY & IMMIGRATION

    DNA

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    THE DNALAB

    Visit thednalab.com, a division of Bureau Veritas, for more information on Relationship Testing, Paternity & Immigration DNA testing.

Environmental

  • AIR QUALITY TESTING

    ENVIRONMENTAL

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    Ambient Air

    Passive Air Sampling 

    Soil Vapor

  • WATER & WASTEWATER

    ENVIRONMENTAL

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  • COMPRESSED BREATHING GAS

    ENVIRONMENTAL

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    Compressed Breathing Air Testing 

    Diving Operations

    Hyperbaric Chambers

    Manufacturing & Production 

    Medical Gases

  • ECOTOXICOLOGY

    ENVIRONMENTAL

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    Acute & Sublethal Tests

    Chemical Testing 

    Freshwater & Marine Testing 

    Toxicity Identification & Toxicity Reduction Evaluations 

  • PFAS TESTING

    ENVIRONMENTAL

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FOOD SAFETY

  • ALLERGEN & MYCOTOXIN TESTING

    FOOD SAFETY

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  • CONTAMINANTS & RESIDUES

    FOOD SAFETY

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  • FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

    FOOD SAFETY

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  • MICROBIOLOGICAL CHALLENGE STUDIES

    FOOD SAFETY

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  • NATURAL HEALTH PRODUCT TESTING

    FOOD SAFETY

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  • NUTRITIONAL LABELLING

    FOOD SAFETY

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  • SHELF LIFE TESTING

    FOOD SAFETY

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FUELS

  • LIQUID HYDROCARBON/OIL ANALYSIS

    FUELS

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  • OIL & PETROCHEMICAL TESTING AND INSPECTION

    FUELS

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  • COMPOSITIONAL GAS ANALYSIS

    FUELS

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Industrial Hygeine

  • PHARMACEUTICAL

    INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE

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  • SURFACE SAMPLING

    CHEMOALERT / OPIALERT

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  • CHEMICAL TESTING

    INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE

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    Crystalline Silica

    Isocyanate Analysis

    Metals in Air 

    VOCs

  • METHOD DEVELOPMENT

    INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE

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  • SURROGATES

    INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE

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  • MICROSCOPY

    INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE

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MINING, METALS, AND MINERALS

  • GEOCHEMISTRY

    MINING, METALS, AND MINERALS

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  • MINE SITE

    MINING, METALS, AND MINERALS

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  • ACID ROCK DRAINAGE

    MINING, METALS, AND MINERALS

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  • ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY

    MINING, METALS, AND MINERALS

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    BUREAU VERITAS PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING TO SUPPORT THE MINING LIFECYCLE FROM EXPLORATION TO CLOSURE AND RECLAMATION

    Bureau Veritas provides analytical support for routine and baseline water quality monitoring work, and determining levels of metals, inorganic and organic contamination in animal and plant tissue, soil and surface and groundwater samples. Environmental chemistry services include:

    • Deleterious substances
    • Effluent analysis as per the Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations (MDMER)
    • Routine water quality monitoring including permit stations, wastewater treatment plant (effluent/influent), tailings pond characterization, and monitoring wells
    • Soil and water analysis in support of baseline monitoring projects
    • Ultratrace metals analysis
    • Specialized studies in mercury and selenium, in water and in fish tissue
  • SOLID FUELS & DRY BULK

    MINING, METALS, AND MINERALS

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    Bureau Veritas’ independent inspection, weighing, sampling, and testing services help monitor the entire supply chain and minimize, or eliminate multiple risks including loss of material, quality variations or damages. We have an array of expertise that covers the full range of solid fuels, including energy and coking coals, coke, pet-coke, and biomass.

    Our expert's design, install, and operate mechanical sampling systems and our laboratories cover the full range of solid fuels testing from standard coal tests to specialist tests such as coke reactivity, petrography, and many others.

  • PRECIOUS METALS

    MINING, METALS, AND MINERALS

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    Bureau Veritas has a team of experts strategically located to easily deliver support to all precious metal refineries in North America.  As your partner, we provide platinum group metals (PGM) services that include the supervision and monitoring of all raw materials delivered, sampling operations, and high precision assaying for commercial settlement.  Our highly trained inspection and analytical team’s knowledge spans from high purity bullion to concentrates and Dore—helping to ensure maximum return on your investment. 

  • VAULT AUDITS

    MINING, METALS, AND MINERALS

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    Our clients, particularly post-pandemic, have stressed the importance of a strong inventory control system.  Bureau Veritas’ experts have years of industry experience and can perform regular independent audits for all your monitoring programs.  Our inspection and assurance services are used across a wide range of industries including:

    • Precious Metals- Investment Banks in the precious metals industry use our services to audit their holdings in vaults across the world.
    • Electronics- Manufacturers who can ensure their products are disposed of or recycled in accordance with statutory regulations.
    • Solid Fuels & Dry Bulk -Coal stockpile measurement for power utilities.
    • General Inventory- Warehouse inventory/tally of stocks and conditions.

Other Environmental Services

  • EMERGENCY & RAPID RESPONSE

    EMERGENCY & RAPID RESPONSE

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  • MOBILE LAB SERVICES

    MOBILE LAB SERVICES

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  • ONSITE LABORATORIES

    ONSITE LABORATORIES

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  • SITE ASSESSMENT & REMEDIATION

    SITE ASSESSMENT & REMEDIATION

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  • RADIOACTIVITY & RADIOSCOPE ANALYSIS

    RADIOACTIVITY & RADIOSCOPE ANALYSIS

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  • ULTRATRACE

    ULTRATRACE

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