Accredited microbiological testing for pet food, treats, and raw diets, plus pH and water activity for stability. AGT Food Labs helps manufacturers verify safety, monitor sanitation, and release product faster with validated pathogen and hygiene analysis.
AGT Food Labs is an ISO/IEC 17025:2017-accredited laboratory (PJLA Accreditation #117946) in Houston, Texas, providing microbiological, hygiene, and stability testing for pet food, treats, and raw diets. We run pet food with the same rigor we apply to human food — validated AOAC Official and AOAC Performance Tested (PTM) methods across the full microbiology panel, plus pH and water activity for shelf stability.
Whether you're releasing a finished lot, qualifying a new formula, or verifying your sanitation program, you get results that hold up to scrutiny and a Certificate of Analysis you can hand to a customer or an auditor without a second thought.
Salmonella and Listeria screened by PCR and lateral flow, with cultural confirmation.
Defensible documentation for customers, retailers, and regulators.
Kibble, wet, semi-moist, freeze-dried raw, treats, and pet food ingredients.
A Salmonella or Listeria recall doesn't just cost a batch — it costs the trust pet owners placed in your brand. That risk is the same whether you make kibble, wet food, freeze-dried raw, or dental treats, and accredited testing is how you stay ahead of it: confirming each lot is safe and microbially stable before it ever ships.
Pet food sits under real regulatory scrutiny. The FDA enforces a zero-tolerance standard for Salmonella in pet food, and major retailers increasingly require third-party Certificates of Analysis before they will stock a product. Routine accredited testing — finished product, environmental monitoring, and stability — is what turns that pressure into a documented, defensible food-safety program.
And it isn't only about pathogens. Indicator organisms reveal whether your sanitation is holding, while pH and water activity predict whether a product will stay stable on the shelf — especially for semi-moist treats and raw diets, where moisture sits in the danger zone.
Salmonella and Listeria are the recalls that keep pet food owners up at night. We screen finished product and environmental swabs by PCR and lateral flow, then confirm every presumptive on culture — so a positive is real and a negative holds up.
Indicator counts tell you whether your sanitation is actually working before a problem reaches the bag. We run the full quantitative panel so you can trend results, catch drift early, and back up your quality program.
Two numbers do a lot of the work in predicting shelf stability. pH and water activity tell you how hospitable your product is to microbial growth — especially useful for semi-moist treats and freeze-dried raw, where moisture sits in the danger zone.
Specialized testing support for the businesses that make, co-pack, supply, and move pet food — with panels and reporting matched to each operation.
Kibble, canned, and wet food producers running release and verification testing on finished lots.
Semi-moist treats, jerky, biscuits, and dental chews where moisture and pathogens need close watch.
Frozen and freeze-dried raw diets that carry higher pathogen risk and demand rigorous screening.
Contract manufacturers and private-label brands needing independent, audit-ready Certificates of Analysis.
Suppliers verifying incoming materials and functional ingredients before they enter production.
Importers and distributors confirming product meets U.S. food-safety expectations before distribution.
Validated detection and quantification across molecular, enumeration, and confirmation platforms — all run under an accredited ISO/IEC 17025:2017 quality system.
Real-time PCR delivers rapid, highly specific detection of Salmonella, Listeria, L. monocytogenes, E. coli O157:H7, and STEC on validated AOAC-PTM methods.
Validated enumeration for aerobic plate count, coliforms, E. coli, Enterobacteriaceae, yeast & mold, lactic acid bacteria, and Staph. aureus.
Lateral-flow screening with cultural confirmation, plus pH by ISE (AOAC 981.12) and water activity by vapor pressure (AOAC 978.18) — all under an ISO/IEC 17025:2017 quality system.
Accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2017 by PJLA (Accreditation #117946), so your pet food results are recognized and defensible.
Pathogen and hygiene testing run on internationally recognized AOAC Official and Performance Tested methods, validated for pet food and environmental samples.
Standard reporting in 5–7 business days, with rush options to release inventory and meet ship dates.
Join the manufacturers who trust AGT Food Labs for accredited, accurate, and on-time pet food testing. Tell us about your product and we'll build the right panel.
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