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Soyabean Inspection and Testing Services

Industries serviced: Food & Agriculture

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Soyabean Cargo inspection and quality control testing services.

Intertek provides Soyabean (Soybean, Soya-Bean) inspection and testing services for soybean cargo shipments. Trained inspectors and laboratory personnel measure soybean quality and quantity per standards. Soyabean inspection services are available at the loading and discharge ports. Intertek operates Soyabean quality testing laboratories equipped with modern technology along with a well-qualified and experienced team of inspectors.

Intertek works with major soyabean exporters, importers, international traders and buyers. Intertek soyabean inspection services are available on a global basis, including major markets and ports in nations like Brazil (Brasil), China, Egypt, Mexico, Canada, USA, Argentina, Australia and many other countries. Intertek provides daily update reports via e-mail. Once the soyabean cargo inspection and testing have finished, our clients receive the cargo inspection certification immediately.

Soyabean (soybean, soya-bean) Inspection and Testing Services include: 

  • General Inspection of Soyabean Cargo:
    Check job assignment details:
    • Shipper, Commodities, Specification
    • Weight, Packing, Mark, Quantity
    • Vessel’s Name, Destination, Inspection date, last cargo shipped in holds, and more
  • Visual inspection for live insects, poisonous seeds and husks (ex: caster-oil seeds)
  • Soyabean quality is checked before loading
  • Checked for worms, insects, foreign matter
  • Monitor Cargo Handling Protocols for Identity Preserved Soyabean
  • Soyabean quality is checked by representative samples
  • Digital photos are taken during the course of inspection

Sampling of Soyabean Cargo Loading:

  • Sampling is taken by methods conforming to GAFTA 124
  • The weigh scale is checked before packing with Standard Weight
  • Pre-Loading Samples are taken, packed and sealed before loading
  • Loading Samples are taken
  • Reference samples are taken
  • Lab Analysis samples are taken for physical and chemical analysis in the laboratory
  • Composite Sample mixing is taken for all samples of each day of loading
  • Obtain representative probe samples from barges, trucks, and railcars
  • Probe-A-Vac samples can be obtained from vessel cargo holds up to 75’-0” in depth

Soyabean Quality Tests includes:

  • Test Weight
  • Moisture
  • Foreign Material
  • Broken Beans, Total Damaged Beans, Heat Damaged Beans
  • Soyabeans of other colors
  • Protein
  • Oil Content
  • Poisonous Seed
  • GMO

Additional Testing for:

  • Microbe and Fungii Tests:
    •  Tobacco Ringspot Virus; Cuscuta spp; Sorghum Halepense (l) pers; Sorghum Almum parody; Tomato Ringspot Virus
    • Callosobruchus Analis (Fabricius); Phytophthora Megasperma Drechsl f. sp Glycinea Kuan & Erwin
    • Callosobruchus Phaseoli (gyllenhall); Southern Bean Mosaic Virus and Arabis Mosaic Virus.
  • Chemical Residue Tests for presence of Arsenic; Mercuric; Phosphides; Cyanides; Malathion; Ethylene and Debromide (EDB).
  • Veterinary Tests for Aldrin; BHC; Canfecloro; DDT; Dieldrina; Endosulfan; Endrina; Heptacloro+epoxido; Lindane and Methoxychor.

Other Soyabean Inspection Services:

  • Warehouse Inspection
  • Weighing, Sampling and Testing
  • Cargo Hatch & Hold Inspection
  • Draft Survey
  • Loading / Discharging Superintending
  • FOG (Full Outturn Guarantee of Weight)
  • Combined Cover (CC = FOG + Cargo Marine Insurance)
  • Grading on site at inland locations
  • Corporate Social Responsability
  • Crop surveys and Traceability
  • HACCP, GAP, GMP and others

to see how Intertek can help your organization with Soyabean Inspection and Testing Services.

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