Covance Opens Nutritional Chemistry Lab in Asia

Covance Inc. has opened its first nutritional chemistry laboratory for Asia in Singapore. The $2 million facility will offer independent and internationally recognized safety testing of food and product samples from Asian companies seeking to export to the U.S. The new 5000 square-foot facility marks an important extension of Covance’s nutritional chemistry laboratory in Madison, WI. The new laboratory in Singapore can pre-qualify ingredients and products before shipment, which simplifies export requirements, eases logistics, and significantly reduces product release times. The region is home to several of the world’s largest infant formula producers. Accordingly, the new laboratory will initially focus on the testing of infant formula for release, stability, and labeling data, and will also include testing of food and dietary supplements.