Agriculture

Certispec provides comprehensive inspection services for a variety of agricultural products, be they dry or liquid, bulk, bagged or packaged.

As F.O.S.F.A. approved superintendents, our inspectors employ a wide range of skills and experience in the examination and assessment of the goods they are appointed to inspect.

Marine loading or discharge is supervised and loss or contamination prevented; weighing and sampling equipment is monitored and checked; dead-weight surveys are conducted; samples are carefully taken and submitted to our laboratories for analysis; holds are inspected to determine fitness to receive cargo.

Goods shipped by road, rail or containerized are supervised being stuffed or de-stuffed; attention is given to products requiring temperature control or other special handling; weights, volumes, quantities are verified; sampling is undertaken.

Inspectors are trained in the inspection of such commodities as:

• Grains
• Vegetable oils and fats
• Fruits and vegetables
• Sugar and sugar products
• Dairy products
• Meat products
• Cocoa
• Coffee, tea, spices
• Packaged and canned goods
• Fertilizers
• Wood products
• Soya Beans