Shanghai, China -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/14/2011 -- SGS China, a division of the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, has opened a new food testing laboratory in Beijing in collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Mechanization Sciences (CAAMS). The facility is SGS’s eleventh professional food laboratory in China, supporting ongoing efforts by the Chinese government to tighten food safety controls in order to protect the public health.

SGS’s food testing services span the entire food supply chain from raw and semi-manufactured foodstuffs to final products in all principal food segments, helping protect consumers from potential hazards such as pathogenic bacteria and allergens. The lab can perform microbiological, physical and chemical analysis according to both national and international standards as well as a full range of other services, improving food safety (http://www.foodsafety.sgs.com/index.htm) and hygiene from farm to fork.

The Beijing lab partnership between SGS China( http://www.cn.sgs.com/) and CAAMS, a 55-year-old research organization that operates under the auspices of the Chinese government, strengthens SGS’s relationship with government agencies overseeing food safety initiatives that have expanded since new legislation to protect the food supply chain passed in 2007.

About CAAMS
CAAMS’(http://en.caams.org.cn/en/Html/en/profile/023237319.htm) services include research and development for food processing and engineering for China’s food and agricultural industries, with focuses ranging from tillage and plant protection to harvesting and post-harvest processing as well as agricultural machinery.

About SGS
SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With 67'000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 1'250 offices and laboratories around the world.