Indus­tries and prod­ucts we test for metals:

  • Water
  • Cannabis/​Hemp (seed to sale)
  • Powdered Supple­ments
  • Botan­ical ingredients
  • Food ingre­di­ents
  • Extracts
  • Final Prod­ucts

Heavy Metals & Minerals

Using ICPMS and OCPMS we quan­tify more than 20 metals and minerals. Reports are Prop 65 compliant.

  1. Aluminum
  2. Anti­mony
  3. Arsenic
  4. Barium
  5. Beryl­lium
  6. Boron
  7. Cadmium
  8. Calcium
  9. Chromium
  10. Cobalt
  11. Copper
  12. Iron
  13. Lead
  14. Magne­sium
  15. Manganese
  16. Mercury
  17. Molyb­denum
  18. Nickel
  19. Phos­phorus
  20. Potas­sium
  21. Sele­nium
  22. Silver
  23. Sodium
  24. Sulfur
  25. Thal­lium
  26. Tin
  27. Vana­dium
  28. Zinc

Metals Speciation - Arsenic

Arsenic Speci­a­tion by HPLC-ICP-MS
Arse­nate {As(V)}, Arsenite {As(III)} Inor­ganic Arsenic
FDA 4.11

There are two different forms of arsenic: organic and inor­ganic- and Columbia Labs tests for both. Inor­ganic arsenic is highly toxic and is there­fore a public health concern; the organic form (commonly found in fish and seafood) is less harmful.

The main source of expo­sure to inor­ganic arsenic is food; partic­u­larly grain-based processed prod­ucts such as wheat bread, rice, milk, dairy prod­ucts, and drinking water.

Columbia’s Nutri­tional Testing team recom­mends measuring total arsenic first, then if the level exceeds or pushes the limit, follow up with the speci­a­tion analysis to deter­mine if the inor­ganic arsenic is above or below their internal quality limits.

No limits are set in EU for food in general, but, a maximum level for arsenic in rice has been set by the UN food stan­dards body, the Codex Alimen­ta­rius Commis­sion, at 0.2 mg per kg.

The FDA has estab­lished an action level for inor­ganic arsenic in infant rice cereals of 100 μg/​kg or 100 ppb. This limit is gener­ally applied to food prod­ucts as a recom­mended action limit for inor­ganic arsenic.

For more infor­ma­tion about Arsenic Testing, and Inor­ganic Arsenic Speci­a­tion, please email: info@​columbialaboratories.​com

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