Analytical Services
Environmental Analytical Services
Thornton Laboratories, Inc., founded in 1922, is an independent laboratory offering quality chemical analyses and field sampling services. With over 80 years of providing a variety of testing and sampling services in the Tampa area, we have extensive experience and capability to provide reliable data and convenient services.
Our mission is to provide accurate and rapid analytical data for all our clients
Services Provided Include:
- Personal attention provided by an experienced Project Manager dedicated to your project.
- Certified field staff experienced in sampling effluents, surface water, groundwater, sludge, sediment, soil, food products, and bulk fertilizer cargo.
- Sampling kits contain bottles with correct preservatives and shipping coolers.
- Results are reviewed by our technical department, with over 40 years of experience, reviews all data. No certificate is released until all QC is approved.
- Reports include methods, results, units, detection limits, QA/QC data (date, time and name of analyst). Additional QC data provided upon request.
- Reports can be mailed, faxed, sent by courier or electronically transmitted, as needed.
Potable
- Microbiology, Metals, Lead & Copper, Nitrate & Nitrite, Fluoride, Primary inorganics, Secondary inorganics, Insecticides, Herbicides, Carbamates, Disinfectant By-Products/VOCs, PCBs, VOCs, THMs, Purgeables, Extractables, Total Alpha, Total Beta, Radium 226, and Total Radium.
- Metals, Nutrients, Demands, General Category I & II, Microbiology, Extractables (GC, GC/MS), Purgeables (GC, GC/MS), Pesticides/Herbicides/PCBs (GC, GC/MS), Hazardous Waste Characterization, Gross Alpha, Gross Beta, Radium 226 & 228, and Natural Uranium.
We participate in the annual DEP required DMR-QA studies and in Performance Testing programs for SDWA, CWA, Non-Potable Water, Solid & Chemical Materials.
Blanks, standards, duplicates, spikes, and matrix spikes are an integral part of our quality assurance program. Samples are given a unique lab identification number and the LIMS computer system tracks and records all aspects of the sample's progress in the lab.
The laboratory is equipped with sophisticated scientific equipment and fully staffed with over 35 full time, degreed chemists, microbiologists, trained lab analysts and field personnel. Supervisory and clerical staffs provide necessary support function. We have over 15,000 square feet of laboratory divided into fourteen separate work zones, providing ample chemical and equipment space, including 500 square feet of refrigerated storage space.
Other Services
Sampling
Bottom Sediments
Bulk Chemical Cargo
Draft & Hold Surveys
Groundwater Monitoring
Liquid Chemicals
Meat & Poultry
Petroleum
Public Water Supply
Sanitation Surveys
Surface Water
Wastes & Effluents
Testing
Biosolids
Cements
Coal & Coke
Effluents
Feeds and Foods
Groundwater
Hazardous Wastes
Industrial Chemicals
Microbiology
Petroleum Products
Priority Pollutants
Public Water Supply
Radiochemistry
Sediments
Sludge
Soils
Stormwater
Surface Water
TCLP Testing
Wastewater
Our goal is to provide reliable data and convenient, flexible service at a competitive price.
Food Analysis
Quality Assurance:
The analysts utilize the methods of the "Official Methods of Analysis" developed by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists, the FDA's "Bacteriological nalytical Manual", "Standard Methods for Examination of Dairy Products" from the American Public Health Association and the "Compendium of Methods for the Microbiological Examination of Foods" from the American Public Health Association. As members of the Institute of Food Technologists, the Florida Association of Food Protections, the Florida Environmental Health Association and the Association of Official Analytical Chemists, we are familiar with their methods and guidelines. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services includes Thornton Laboratories on their approved list of food laboratories.
Services:
- Perform nutrition facts and labeling, pesticide residues, pathogen and spoilage analysis, HACCP and sanitation consulting, environmental monitoring and inspection, process evaluation, problem solving and testing of FDA detained seafood imports.
- Written reports and certificates of analysis are issued for each job. Results can be phoned, faxed, E-mailed or sent by courier at your request.
- Field personnel are available to sample and inspect.
- Appropriate sample containers are supplied free of charge.
- Our staff is always available to provide assistance and answer questions.
Other Analysis:
Wastewater, groundwater, drinking water, fertilizers, biosolids, hazardous waste, solvents, pesticides, herbicides, petroleum, pharmaceuticals, oil, feeds, and industrial chemical analysis are available upon request.
General Food Microbiology
Aerobic Spore Former Count
Air Quality Count
Anaerobic Spore Former Count
Bacillus cereus
Campylobacter jejuni
Clostridium perfringens
Coliforms - Total, Fecal, E. coli
Coliform VRBA
Enterococci Count
Hemorrhagic Escherichia coli 0157:H7
Flat Sour Bacteria Count
Halophilic Bacteria Count
Lactic Bacteria Count
Listeria monocytogenes
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas Count
Psychophilic Bacteria Count
Salmonella
Sanitational Swab
Shigella
Standard Plate Count
Staphylococcus aureus
Thermophilic Bacteria Count
Total Aerobic Plate Count
Total Anaerobic Plate Count
Vibrio cholerae
Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Yeast and Mold Count
Yersinia
Services
HACCP Consulting: (Call for a Quote)
Salmonella monitoring
Listeria Monocytogens monitoring Inspection
Sanitation: (Call for a Quote)
16 Point Plant Inspection
Monitoring -- Environmental Swabs, Air Quality, and Water Potability
Raw Material and Finished Product Evaluation
Process Evaluation: (Call for a Quote)
Product Stability Studies -- Shelf Life
Critical Control Points Evaluation
Retail Sampling -- Market Surveys
Problem Solving -- Consulting
Nutrition Facts and Pesticide Residues
Mandatory Food Labeling Regulation
Includes:
Calories, Calories from total fat, Total fat, Saturated fat, Cholesterol, Sodium, Total Carbohydrate, Dietary Fiber, Sugars, Protein, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron
Proximates
Ash, Calories (calculation), Calories from fat (calculation), Carbohydrates (calculation), Crude Fiber, Moisture
Carbohydrates
Sugar Profile, Total Dietary Fiber
Vitamins
Niacin, Riboflavin, Thiamine, Vitamin A, Vitamin C
Minerals
Arenic, Barium, Cadmium, Calcium, Chromium, Copper, Iron, Lead, Magnesium, Mercury, Methyl Mercury, Molybdenum, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, Selenium, Silver, Zinc
Pesticide Residues and Resuidue Screens
Atrazine, Dicofol, Maneb, Temik, Methyl Parathion, Carbamate Pesticides, Organochlorine Pesticides, Organophosphorus Pesticides