Herbs & Spices

Comprehensive testing, inspection, certification, and training solutions to improve accountability and efficiency in herb and spice supply chains.

Home cooks and professionals are always looking for new herbs and spices to improve the flavors of their dishes. At the same time, consumer and regulatory requirements are becoming stricter in terms of purity, quality, safety, authenticity, and traceability.

Deliver high quality herbs and spices to global markets

We offer comprehensive testing, inspection, audit, and certification solutions to help you deliver safe, compliant and authentic herbs and spices to your customers.

Our inspection and field services cover:

Crop monitoring
Fumigation
Pre-production and production hygiene inspections
Final random pre-shipment inspections
Container inspections
Temperature monitoring
Loading supervision

Utilizing our global network of state-of-the-art testing facilities, we can analyze your herbs and spices against a wide variety of criteria, including:

Microbiology: Traditional and rapid testing for indicator organisms & pathogens
Filth & Extraneous matter
Chemical Analysis

Allergens
Biotoxins: pyrrolizidine & tropane alkaloids (PAs and TAs)
Colorants
Dioxins & polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
Food fraud and authenticity (Microscopy, IRMS, chemical analysis, DNA testing)
Genetically modified organisms (GMO)
Heat/capsaicinoids
Heavy metals
Mineral oils
Moisture & water activity
Mycotoxins
Nutritional & proximate analysis
Packaging migration
Piperine
Pesticide residues
Process contaminants (e.g., acrylamide, 3-MCPD, PAHs)
Solvent residues
Vitamins & nutrients
Volatile oil

Audits, certification and training

We support you with a broad range of auditing, certification, and training solutions to help you meet industry, national and international regulations. We audit to GFSI-benchmarked standards and can combine parallel requirements in multiple standards to create a single auditing solution that reduces costs and operational disruptions.

Why choose SGS?

SGS is recognized as the benchmark of quality and integrity. Wherever you operate in the world, our tailored solutions will support you in meeting recognized food safety requirements, such as the US Food safety Modernization Act (FSMA), as well as social responsibility audits for your supply chain. In addition, stay current with the latest regulatory changes with our powerful intelligence platform – SGS Digicomply.