SAFE Analytical Laboratories - TGA Accredited Laboratory

• Safe Analytical Laboratories provides contract analysis on a variety of products and methods. A NATA accredited and TGA Licenced laboratory, SAL follows the code of Good Manufacturing Practice as outlined in the Therapeutic Goods Administration guidelines. Our goal is to provide quality service in a reasonable time at a reasonable cost.


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  SAL is a modern laboratory utilising the following equipment for TGA listed product testing:

• Dionex High Performance Liquid Chromatography system with a diode array detector capable of purity and identification testing on a wide variety of Pharmaceutical, Nutraceutical and herbal products.
• Dionex FTIR Spectrophotometer with a Universal ATR Sampling accessory capable of determining the identity of solid and liquid samples quickly and accurately.
• Karl Fischer Titrator - Moisture Analyser for determining the water content of solid samples.
• UV/VIS Spectrophotometer for assay and purity testing.
• Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometer for measuring mineral/metal content of raw material/products.
• Dionex Ion Chromatograph for testing anions.
• Shimadzu Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer for testing volatile components of oils, pesticides, organochlorides, etc.
• Perkin Elmer Atomic Absorption Mass Spectrometer.
• Thermaline Muffle Furnace.
• Ancillary equipment including balances, ovens, etc.

• The dedicated analysts at SAL perform analysis on raw material, intermediate, extract samples and liquids, herbal materials, vitamins and finished product powders, capsules, liquid extracts and tablets for identification and purity of active ingredients. Safe Analytical Laboratories' professionals have years of experience in the Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical industry performing the analysis and validation of a wide variety of raw materials and products, providing method development and validation documentation and analysis.
  
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  SAL has recently installed facilities for the temperature and humidity controlled storage and testing of stability samples for Quality Assurance and regulatory requirements. Currently, the only TGA accredited testing service on the Gold Coast, SAL provides a competative option and, together with Gold Coast Laboratories, can offer a complete service of manufacture and testing.

SAFE Analytical Laboratories - TGA and NATA Accredited Laboratory

• The laboratory is assessed to ISO/IEC 17025 (2005) and accreditations are held for specific tests as detailed on the laboratory’s scope of accreditation with the National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia (NATA). Also operating under accreditation with the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), Safe Analytical Laboratories conducts testing using strict guidelines.


• In addition to fully qualified analysts, documentation and testing are monitored by a Quality Assurance Manager and a Compliance Consultant.


• To further ensure quality practices, frequent internal audits are carried out and external audits by TGA and NATA are conducted as deemed.


• Accredited testing ensures:

• That test results can be reproduced
• Equipment is accurate and routinely calibrated
• Use of certified reference materials
• Regular review of documentation and methods
• Strict control of records
• External review of results