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What do you need to know?
The Food & Farming Laboratory is a resource used by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food to inspect, monitor and check food and farming produce, pursuant to prevailing Catalan, Spanish and EU legislation.
The most commonly used analyses are those provided for in food law for each product type, those required for feed quality analyses and those related to participation in specific monitoring and control plans.
Farmers.
The services can be requested at any time.
The fees payable depend on the type of analysis and the laboratory they are sent to. See Regulation.
The Food & Farming Laboratory mainly works for the Ministry of Agriculture, Licestock, Fisheries and Food and other ministries of the Government of Catalonia. It also works with other regional and state-wide public bodies, and provides services to private individuals and companies involved in administrative formalities.
Where can I consult the analysis services offered by the laboratory?
They are listed in its catalogue, which also details the products analysed, the actual analyses undertaken and the techniques used.
Steps to follow
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Step one
Apply
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Step two
Receive the Administration's response
How will I know if the analysis request has been formalised?Having checked and accepted the request/contract, the Food & Farming Laboratory will send the client a signed copy as proof of [...]
How will I know if the analysis request has been formalised?
Having checked and accepted the request/contract, the Food & Farming Laboratory will send the client a signed copy as proof of request/contract formalisation.Can I monitor the process?
A barcode attached to the document is used to register each sample and can be used as reference for all queries.
