Gelatin component test for jelly, yogurt and capsule shell
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As media report many companies about usingindustrial gelatin in jelly, yogurt and capsule shell, our food and drug safety production are faced with severe situation. Under regulations and customers’ supervision, food safety production is getting more and more attention.

General Administration of Quality Supervision (AQSIQ)issue a notificationabout getting tough with the illegal useindustrial gelatin in food. It requires every Quality supervision department be strict with the companies which industrial use gelatin. Any company which has the issue about using industrial gelatin in food after inspection will be prosecuted.

CIRS could provide the gelatin component test for jelly, yogurt and capsule shell according to the regulations from Chinese pharmacopoeia, Ministry of Health and other standards. The details are as below.

Testing products:

Gelatin vacant capsules
Food additives: gelatin

Gelatin materials

Jelly and soft sweets

Dairy products: yogurt

Rice flour and meat product

Other food that use gelatin

Testing items and testing standards

Gelatin materials in medicinal vacant capsules

Testing items

Standards

Price EURO

Turnaround time

Cr

Part 2 of 2010 Chinese pharmacopoeia

25/10g

7 days

Heavy metal ( Pb )

25/10g

pH value

25

Arsenic

25/10g

Gelatin medicinal vacant capsules

Testing items

Standards

Price EURO

Turnaround time

Cr

Part 2 of 2010 Chinese pharmacopoeia

25/10g

7 days

Ethylene oxide

40/25g

Chloroethanol

40/25g

Heavy metal ( Pb )

25/10g

Food additives: gelatin

Testing items

Standards

Price EURO

Turnaround time

Cr

GB/T 5009.123-2003

25/10g

9 days

Pb

GB 5009.12-2010

25/10g

Total bacteria

GB 6783-1994 (GB 4789.2-2010)

20/25g

Coliform

GB 6783-1994 (GB 4789.3-2010)

23/25g

Salmonella

GB 6783-1994 (GB 4789.4-2010)

25/10g

Rice flour, sweets and meat product and other food that use gelatin

Testing items

Standards

Price EURO

Turnaround time

Cr

GB/T 5009.123-2003

25/10g

7 days

Pb

GB 5009.12-2010

25/10g

As

GB/T 5009.11-2003

25/10g

Hg

GB/T 5009.17-2003

25/10g

Cd

GB/T 5009.15-2003

25/10g