Heavy Metals
Tests for regulated heavy metals (commonly lead, cadmium, arsenic, mercury) in a commodity sample.
Why exporters need it
Heavy-metal contamination is usually soil- or processing-related rather than agrochemical, and is separately regulated from pesticide MRLs in most markets.
Relevant commodities
Tanzania Providers
Government Chemist Laboratory Authority
Established under the Government Chemist Laboratory Authority Act No. 8 of 2016 as Tanzania's supreme referral laboratory for forensic science…
Zanzibar Bureau of Standards
Zanzibar's own national standards body, established under the Zanzibar Standard Act No. 1 of 2011 — separate from Mainland Tanzania's…
East Africa Providers
Cropnuts
OTA/pesticide (500+ analytes)/heavy-metal testing
Interfield Food Testing Laboratories (IFTL)
mycotoxin panel: Ochratoxin, Aflatoxin B1/B2/G1/G2/M1, Fumonisin, DON, zearalenone
International Specialists Providers
Certified Laboratories / Commodity Laboratories
Co-developed current ASTA spice method; runs Analytical Food Labs for Spices; water activity not mentioned in vanilla context
CVR Labs
Chilli, turmeric, pepper, coriander, cumin, cardamom, masala blends
Eurofins
acrylamide
Quality Services International (QSI) GmbH
Full honey panel: sugar/water/conductivity/acidity/HMF/diastase (3 methods), pollen analysis, NMR Honey Profiling (Bruker), 13C isotope, HR-MS syrup screening, foreign-enzyme screening, antibiotics,…
SGS
Operates testing labs in Dar es Salaam involved in export inspection for specific crops including cashew and grain, alongside its…
Tentamus Group
Ochratoxin A via LC-MS/MS in both green and roasted coffee
Providers are listed as industry resources for Heavy Metals. Inclusion does not imply endorsement, affiliation or partnership with Commodities.tz. See our verification methodology.