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Laboratoire Phytochemia is the trusted partner you need to guarantee the quality of all your products containing plant-based ingredients.
North American Leaders in Quality Control of Essential oils
Our dynamic and highly specialized team will be happy to provide you the most reliable results for all the lab analyses you need.
Licensed in Canada to Analyze Cannabis
Since 2014, PhytoChemia is licensed by Health Canada to perform quality control for cannabis and industrial hemp.
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We look forward to creating a long-term partnerships with individuals, small businesses and large companies alike. Our customers, Canadian and worldwide, are sure of receiving personalized monitoring, fueled by our enthusiasm for putting science at your service.
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Having your quality control tests performed by an independent laboratory ensures your commitment to quality and transparency.
Obtaining a certificate of analysis for each production lot guarantees your consistent quality and full control over production.
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A Quick Template for Technical Sheets
Alexis St-Gelais, Ph. D., chimiste - Popularization We are regularly contacted by natural extracts producers for assistance with technical sheet (TS) preparation, especially for the European territory. We can understand the reflex of contacting a laboratory to have...
Terpene Groups as Strain Characteristics
Alexis St-Gelais, chimiste - Popularization & Plant profiles The intensive breeding of cannabis produces strains that have different molecular signatures, and this is quite apparent within terpenes profile. These features can be useful to characterize a strain or...
Terpenes & volatiles analysis: Theory and Applications
Alexis St-Gelais, chimiste - Popularization One of PhytoChemia's most renowned assays in Canada is our detailed cannabis terpenes analysis. This assay can have different applications and comes in two declinations, "main" and "full" terpenes. Let's have a tour on the...
Heavy metals in cosmetics: Canadian guidance
Alexis St-Gelais, chimiste & Patrice Rondeau, technicien - Popularization Do you manufacture cosmetic products to be sold in Canada? If so, you should comply with Canadian guidelines for heavy metal impurities in such products, for which PhytoChemia can assist you...
Optical rotation: application to oils analysis
Alexis St-Gelais, chimiste & Cindy Caron, chimiste - Popularization Have you ever heard of the term optical rotation or seen it on a certificate of analysis, and wondered what was its purpose? If the answer is yes, you are in the right place to learn more about...
PhytoChemia’s ISO/IEC 17025 Accreditation – Update July 2021
Our ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation covering the General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories was successfully renewed in July 2021. It is valid until May 2024 and covers the methods listed below. The certificate is available in the...
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