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Tests for Grading and Quality Factors
Inspection Services
  • Original Inspection (white certificate)
  • Submitted sample (pink certificate)
  • Warehouseman inspection (yellow certificate)
  • Reinspections
  • Appeal inspections
Other Grain Tests
  • Aflatoxin
  • Vomitoxin (qualitative)
  • Vomitoxin (quantitative)
  • Waxy corn (per test)
  • Corn Oil, Protein and Starch
  • Falling Number (Wheat)
  • Mycotoxin Analyses (Aflatoxin)
  • Mycotoxin Analyses (DON)
  • Mycotoxin Analyses (Zearalenone)
  • Mycotoxin Analyses (Fumonisin)
  • Pesticide Residue Analysis
  • Soybean Protein and Oil
  • Sunflower Oil
  • Wet Gluten (PDF; 149Kb)
  • Wheat Hardness
  • Wheat Protein
  • Cracked Corn Inspection
Other Commodity Tests
  • Sampling
  • Lots sampled online during loading
  • Truck/trailer/container
  • Railcar (per carrier)
  • Barge (per carrier)
  • Sacked grain
Weighing Services
  • Class X weighting
  • Class Y Weighing
  • Scale Testing services
  • Scale testing and certification
  • Evaluation of weighing and material handling systems
  • Mass standards calibration and re-verification
Stowage Examination Services
  • Stowage examination (service on request)
  • Ships
  • Subsequent ship examinations
  • Barge
  • All other carriers
Other Services
Laboratory tests
  • Aflatoxin test (Quantitative - HPLC)
  • Aflatoxin (Quantitative - Test Kit)
  • Aflatoxin (Qualitative - Test Kit)
  • Appearance and odor
  • Ash
  • Brix
  • Calcium
  • Carotenoid color
  • Cold test (oil)
  • Color test (syrups)
  • Cooking test (pasta)
  • Crude fat
  • Crude fiber
  • Falling number
  • Free fatty acid
  • Insoluble impurities (oils and shortenings)
  • Iron enrichment
  • Lovibond color
  • Moisture
  • Moisture and volatile matter
  • Oxidative stability index (OSI)
  • Peroxide value
  • Popping ratio
  • Protein
  • Sanitation (filth light)
  • Sieve test
  • Smoke point
  • Solid fat index
  • Visual exam
  • Vomitoxin (Qualitative - Test Kit)
  • Vomitoxin (Quantitative - Test Kit)
Laboratory Working Instructions
Miscellaneous Processed Commodities
  • Falling Number
  • Aflatoxin - Non Field Run
Graded Commodities (Beans, Peas, Lentils, Hops, and Pulses):
  • Field Run (per lot or sample)
  • Other Than Field Run
  • Factor Analysis