Food Industries Served

Silliker provides services that help develop and implement integrated programs to safeguard products, minimize safety and quality risks, and protect brand value.

Through our microbiology, chemistry, sensory, consulting, auditing, research and training, we serve the following food industries:

Bakery & Cereals 

Beverages

Confectionery

Dairy

Egg & Poultry 

Meat

Pet Food

Prepared Foods

Produce

Seafood

•    BAKERY & CEREALS
From genetically engineered ingredients to allergens to calorie count transparency, the bakery industry faces a multitude of safety, quality and regulatory issues.
Our ISO 17025 accredited facilities employ validated methods and current technologies, such as PCR and ELISA, to deliver accurate and reliable results. Silliker subscribes to the highest operational standards outlined by the USDA, FDA and other regulatory agencies.

•    BEVERAGES
From sports energy drinks to vitamin fortified water, the beverage industry landscape has changed significantly, placing a higher premium on product safety, quality and nutrition.
Highly trained Silliker professionals can help you protect your brand and get your product to market fast and cost-efficiently.

•    CONFECTIONERY
While rare in occurrence, contamination issues and product recalls in the confectionery industry magnify the importance for production facilities to have a continuous and robust safety program.
Silliker is a member of both the National Confectioners Association and Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association (PMCA). From data assessment services to employee education, we provide our customers with total solution services.

•    DAIRY – Raw Milk & Processed Dairy Products
With Dairy testing centers of excellence in California, Texas and Vancouver, Silliker, Inc. provides a comprehensive range of microbiological and chemistry testing services to help the dairy industry meet its everyday and unexpected challenges.
Our laboratories subscribe to the highest operational standards outlined by the United States Department of Agriculture, FDA, U.S. National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments, United States and other industry oversight agencies.
Accredited by state and regional Federal Milk Market Administrators, we serve as a key role in leveling the playing field between producers and processors, providing regulatory agencies accurate and reliable milk component analyses for payment purposes.
Our dairy accreditations include:
•    California Department of Agriculture
•    FDA Interstate Milk Shippers
•    USDA/AMS Federal Milk Market Administrator
•    Texas Department of State Health Services

•    EGG & POULTRY
From supplier reviews to employee education, we provide our customers with total solution services. Along with our various poultry services, our ISO 17025 accredited facilities in Cypress, CA and Columbus, OH are certified participants in the USDA PEPRLab Egg Surveillance Program.

•    MEAT
Government statistics attest that meat products are safer than ever before. Highly publicized product recalls, however, often overshadow decades of advances, prodding and challenging processors to raise the safety bar even higher.
Securing a record scientific achievement and industry outreach over the past five decades, we are active members of AMI, NMA, NTF, SMA, NCBA, Canadian Cattlemen’s Association and Beef Industry Food Safety Council (BIFSCO). From supplier reviews to employee education, we provide our customers with total solution services.
Employing validated methods and current technologies, we deliver accurate and reliable results to our valued customers.

•    PET FOOD
Pet food manufacturers must ensure every link in their supply chain while producing products that meet nutrition and labeling claims.
From plant sanitation programs to employee education, we provide our customers with total solution services.

•    PREPARED FOODS
The prepared food industry is vast, requiring companies to partner with reputable food safety and quality partners that can help them differentiate their brand and ensure their products subscribe to safety standards on a global scale.
Silliker professionals can help you safeguard your brand and get your product to market with confidence. Dedicated to operational excellence, our ISO 17025 accredited laboratories provide our customers with total solution services.

•    PRODUCE
We help produce growers, processors and retailers identify potential microbiological, chemical, and physical hazards, and implement efficient, cost-effective control measures.
Silliker assists growers in meeting “Commodity Specific Food Safety Guidelines for the Lettuce and Leafy Greens” recommendations, processors who are revising their programs to meet FDA “Guidelines to Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables,” and operations working to remain compliant with evolving customer requirements.

•    SEAFOOD
Silliker provides a wide range of services specifically suited to the seafood industry that encompass safety parameters for ready-to-eat products, container integrity for low acid and canned products, complete physical and sensory evaluation.

Contact us to learn more about our food industry services.