Midwest Laboratories services

Midwest Laboratories, Inc. has become a true environmental laboratory with a strong base in both agriculture and industry. Midwest Laboratories is NELAC-certified in Florida, Utah, Kansas, New York, Washington, Texas and California for non-potable water, metals and wet chemistry. As a green company, Midwest Laboratories is concerned about the environment and factors contributing to the decline of the environment. The Midwest Environmental Department employs sampling crews for specific environmental water testing on wastewater, storm water, landfill water, irrigation, and testing for consumption viability for livestock. In addition, we offer tests for biomonitoring or Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET), inorganic environmental and metals, microbiology, organics and pesticides/herbicides by gas chromatography, petroleum contamination, hazardous waste and XRF Technology for elemental analysis. Midwest Laboratories owns a multitude of sampling and monitoring equipment available for use at specified rates.

Certified by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for moisture, protein, fat and salt testing, the Midwest Food Chemistry and Microbiology Departments are experts in food and microbiology testing. Midwest Laboratories utilizes state-of-the-art instrumentation to provide complete nutritional labeling, shelf life studies and proximate analysis for food products. In addition, Midwest Laboratories is certified by APHIS for microbial analysis and testing of exported food products.

With strong roots in agriculture – and corporate headquarters in the heart of the Midwest, it’s easy to understand why Midwest Laboratories, Inc. has expanded its testing services to fuel sources including ethanol and biodiesel. Offering a full-service ethanol laboratory in its Fuel and Wet Chemistry facility, Midwest Laboratories holds ASTM proficiencies in denatured ethanol (ASTM D4806) and biodiesel (ASTM D6751). The Midwest Fuel Department offers testing for ethanol, biodiesel, solvent and petroleum contamination for underground storage tanks and surface spills. Specific to ethanol fuel, Midwest Laboratories offers denaturant testing, a California Air Resource Board (CARB) requirement. In addition, Midwest Laboratories offers a Cold Soak Filtration Test for biodiesel fuel, necessary to the ASTM biodiesel proficiency.