Food Testing

Hill Labs provides the food and drink industries with a complete range of laboratory testing and analysis to ensure safety, quality and compliance for manufacturers and consumers. Our dedicated teams can offer microbiological, chemical and nutritional testing solutions and our scientists have many years of experience developing and validating methods specific to food samples. Our Client Service Managers work closely with our clients to understand their specific requirements and ensure that our tests, meet their needs.

Aquaculture and Fish

Hill Labs is a RLP accredited laboratory with a wide range of tests to support the fishing and aquaculture industries.

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Cereal and Grain

Hill Labs provides an extensive array of testing services for the analysis of grains and cereals.

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Fruit and Vegetable

Fast and accurate analytical chemistry, nutritional chemistry and microbiological testing.

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Meat

Hill Labs provides a diverse range of meat tests. Our methods are accredited for use in testing raw material and finished products and we use the latest technologies.

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Food Pesticide Residues

We have a dedicated food testing division who can test for over 600 different pesticide residues in a wide food products.

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Processed Food

Hill Labs provides accredited methods for pesticides, heavy metals, nutritional information, allergen and microbiological testing in processed foods

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Also needing inspection & certification?

We offer customers greater choice and improved efficiency by integrating specialist auditing services with industry‑leading laboratory testing. This enables us to provide New Zealand businesses with a seamless, end‑to‑end partner for testing, inspection and certification.

Whether you're meeting regulatory obligations, maintaining compliance, or demonstrating quality to your customers, our team is here to support you.

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Behind Every Tick: The Hill Labs Inspection & Certification Team

Operating at the intersection of regulation, people, and practical improvement, the Inspection & Certification team supports customers to meet today’s compliance requirements while building capability for the future, with trust, accountability, and collaboration at the heart of everything they do.

09 Apr 2026

Media Release: Export growth, regulatory pressures drive expansion of inspection and certification services for Hill Labs

From 1 April 2026, the joint venture auditing and inspection services company formed by Hill Labs and auditing specialist, Samuel Brooks, will begin operating under a single, nationally recognised brand: Hill Labs. The joint venture, established in February 2025, remains a separate entity but will integrate its services with Hill Labs’ testing business.

01 Apr 2026

Inspection & Certification Services Now Part of Hill Labs

In February 2025, we announced a 50:50 joint venture between Hill Labs and Sam Brooks, bringing Auditing Solutions and Food and Health Standards into shared ownership, followed in June by the acquisition of Food Safety Quality Solutions NZ (FSQSNZ). Building on this strong partnership, we’re pleased to let you know that from 1 April 2026, these joint venture services will operate under the Hill Labs name.

01 Apr 2026

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What our customers have to say

"We've always found them to be responsive in getting results back and giving advice on problems we might be facing."

Andrew Hutchinson, Technical Manager, Turners & Growers

"We strongly recommend Hill Labs as a sound testing service provider to the honey industry."

Nick Walker, Technical Manager, Egmont Honey

"Their sample registration system has made things simple and seamless - collect, scan and send!"