STR offers a full scope of technical services to the food industry through its Shuster Laboratories division. Shuster's product expertise includes conventional, natural/organic and functional foods and beverages. Our quality assurance programs offer customized services to manufacturers, marketers, and retailers on a turnkey or stand-alone basis.

Our services include:

• Sensory Evaluation and Consumer Testing - These evaluations are conducted to help companies determine if a product meets specific taste parameters, performs as expected, and has flavor attributes that will drive purchasing decisions. Services include claims validation, trained and consumer sensory panels, consumer home use studies, focus groups, and central location testing
• Laboratory Testing - Tests include microbiological analysis, anti-microbial challenge studies, ambient and accelerated shelf-life studies, chemical analysis, nutritional analysis, physical testing, and competitive product evaluations.
• Audits - Our audit specialists are board-certified in regulatory affairs and conduct plant cGMP, HACCP, OSHA, sanitation and warehouse audits.
• Quality Assurance Programs - Custom quality assurance programs are created to meet each client's specific needs and can include product testing, plant audits and regulatory consultation.
• Label Consultation - Product labels are reviewed for FDA/USDA compliance. We also prepare nutrition facts and provide regulatory consultation.

An expert team of food technologists, nutritionists, microbiologists, chemists, sensory experts, and certified regulatory affairs consultants support food industry clients.

For more information, please visit: www.shusterlabs.com.