SHEPC
The SHEpc’s services are sought after by numerous food and non-food industries, water treatment and/or production companies, hotels, and individuals and corporate bodies concerned about the quality of water, food and the environment. It provides its expertise to national administrative authorities by assessing the physico-chemical compliance of foodstuffs with national and international standards (NF – EN – ISO, Codex Alimentarius). In 2010, it was identified by Helen Keller International HKI, an international NGO under American law, in collaboration with the Cameroon government, as the reference laboratory for the micronutrient fortification programme for widely consumed foods in Cameroon.
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Services
- Analysis of clean water: (public supply water – packaged water – swimming pool water – groundwater and surface water)
- Analysis of waste water.
- Analyses of concrete water (aggressiveness of solutions and soils).
- Food analysis (nutritional quality – compliance with standards)
- Toxicological assessments
Equipments
- HPLC-UV (High performance liquid chromatograph with ultraviolet detector)
- IC (Chromatographionique) Apparatus for producing ultrapure water.
- SAAF (Flame Atomic Adsorption Spectrometer).
- Microwave mineraliser. Rotary evaporator.
- UV-Visible spectrophotometer.
- Automatic wine distiller
- Automatic Kjeldahl distiller
National and international recognition:
- Reference laboratory for the micronutrient fortification programme for widely consumed foods in Cameroon.
- Institution Nationale du programme de surveillance continue et d’évaluation des aliments’, GEMS FOOD/WHO programme.
Our references
The SHEpc has carried out a number of national projects in its role as a reference laboratory:
- 2002 – Cameroon national survey of vitamine A deficiency.
- 2003 – Evaluation of salt iodisation in Cameroon.
- 2006 – Evaluation of the exposure of the population of Yaoundé to pesticide residues via the food chain: study of the total diet.
- 2007 – Iodine status during pregnancy in Cameroon. (Iodine status during pregnancy in Cameroon).
- 2008 – Evaluation of dietary exposure to heavy metals in Yaoundé.
- 2009 – 2011 – FRAT (Rapid fortification assessment tool) study: national food fortification programme.
- 2015 – present – Supervision of the Cameroon Total Diet Study (Study in progress).