{"id":1363,"date":"2025-07-07T15:40:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T07:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mxnsaq.com\/?page_id=1363"},"modified":"2025-08-12T16:32:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T08:32:15","slug":"food-shelf-life-testing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mxnsaq.com\/au\/food-shelf-life-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Shelf Life Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><strong>Manufacturers are responsible for determining the shelf-life of foods they produce according to national and international food safety and hygiene regulations.<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Best before and use by date labels are essential to consumers\u2019 health, as it provides key information on how long food can be kept before it begins to deteriorate or may become unsafe to eat. A shelf life test helps ensure quality throughout the lifecycle of your product. Our customised shelf-life studies enable the determination of your products\u2019 best before date and use-by date. This service is needed for new product formulations, to verify a new production or storage method, a new packaging, or a change in distribution conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Our Testing Services<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the shelf life study design phase, our team will assist in evaluating why the food product is most likely to fail during storage. In most cases, it is due to the growth of spoilage organisms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sensory changes such as odour, texture and colour are also important aspects to be considered. Our shelf-life studies are customised according to your product formulation. Our experts use microbiological parameters such as spoilage and indicator microorganism levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M\u00e9rieux NutriSciences AQ&#8217;s Food Science Center offers a complete shelf life testing portfolio that helps manufacturers validate and correctly display best before and use by date in Australia. Our procedures include microbiological testing of food and packaging materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why food shelf life testing?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Food shelf life testing is needed in a wide range of situations, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New product launch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Change of packaging<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Change in product formulation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Change of supplier<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>QA\/QC program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">M\u00e9rieux NutriSciences AQ\u2019s reliable food testing laboratory network provides manufacturers with advanced scientific capabilities. Contact our experts to discuss the shelf-life of your food product and how we can help you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/mxnsaq.com\/au\/contact\/\">Contact Us<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(10,68,121) 0%,rgb(0,171,230) 100%)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-theme-palette-9-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-168235097c61330f0247a3b640723847\">Find a local laboratory<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-theme-palette-9-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2ee9feff4645b740865c089e91eda85e wp-block-paragraph\">Do you want to know how M\u00e9rieux NutriSciences AQ can support you locally? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/mxnsaq.com\/au\/locations-opening-hours\/\">View Our Locations in Australia<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/mxnsaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Australia-Merieux-NutriSciences-Laboratories-locations-1-1024x563.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mxnsaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Australia-Merieux-NutriSciences-Laboratories-locations-1-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/mxnsaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Australia-Merieux-NutriSciences-Laboratories-locations-1-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/mxnsaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Australia-Merieux-NutriSciences-Laboratories-locations-1-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/mxnsaq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Australia-Merieux-NutriSciences-Laboratories-locations-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manufacturers are responsible for determining the shelf-life of foods they produce according to national and international food safety and hygiene regulations. 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