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The Food Authority has approved analysts to:

analyse samples obtained by Food Authority officers
prepare certificates of analysis for these samples.

Responsibilities of ‘approved analysts’ are outlined in the Food Act 2003 (NSW).

The Food Authority’s list of approved analysts is published below in accordance with s 86(2) of the Act:

Microbiological analysts

Analyst	Laboratory
Haiyan Li	Australian Meat Group T/A Laboratory Solutions 342 Hammond Road Dandenong VIC 3175
Amanda Portelli	Genomic Diagnostics – Healius Pathology 460 Lower Heidelberg Rd Heidelberg VIC 3084
Imtiaz Ahmed	MNAQ (Australia) Pty Ltd Unit C-2, 391 Park Road Regents Park NSW 2143
Blake Debritz Wilma McDonald	MNAQ (Australia) Pty Ltd 10/655 Toohey Rd Salisbury QLD 4107
John Roy Deimoy Xue Sharon Wang	MNAQ (Australia) Pty Ltd 3 Gateway Business Park 63 – 79 Parramatta Rd Silverwater NSW 2128
Dennis Cheang Tirto Lawira Vivienne Matthews Bina Rajesh Judy Zhang	MNAQ (Australia) Pty Ltd 3 Lennon St West Melbourne VIC 3003
Dr Cheryl Jenkins	NSW Department of Primary Industries Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute Microbiology & Parasitology Laboratory Woodbridge Road Menangle NSW 2568
Rady Kim Basel Suliman Dr Qinning Wang	NSW Health Pathology CIDMLS, Level 3 ICPMR Building Institute Rd, Westmead Hospital Westmead NSW 2145
Helen Hocking	Australian Salmonella Reference Laboratory Frome Road North Adelaide SA 5000
Grace Chen Sally Kuan	Symbio Laboratories 44 - 52 Brandl Street Eight Mile Plains QLD 4113
Melissa Gan Michael Chapman	Symbio Laboratories 2 Sirius Road Lane Cove West NSW 2066
Kashif Ahmed Dr Loveleen Kaur	Symbio Laboratories 36 Business Park Drive Ravenhall VIC 3023

Chemistry analysts

Analyst	Laboratory
Vince Murone	ACS Laboratories (Australia) 37 Stubbs Street Kensington VIC 3031
Lee Kennedy	ALS Food & Pharmaceutical 22 Dalmore Drive Scoresby VIC 3179 Sharp & Howells 46 – 54 Centre Way Croydon South VIC 3136
Dr Rama Dutt Nimmagadda	Analytical RnD Building 53, 11 Julius Avenue North Ryde NSW 2113
Allan Gunn Yumi Owada	MNAQ (Australia) Pty Ltd 52 – 58 Mark Street North Melbourne VIC 3051
Daniel Slee Dr Mark Lewin	National Measurement Institute 105 Delhi Road North Ryde NSW 2113
Sebastian Barone	National Measurement Institute 1/153 Bertie Street Port Melbourne VIC 3207
Craig Hunt Steven Leahy	NSW Department of Primary Industries 1243 Bruxner Highway Wollongbar NSW 2477
Irini Roumeliotis	NSW Health Pathology. Forensic & Analytical Science Service 480 Weerona Road Lidcombe NSW 2141
Corinna Lange	Queensland Health – Forensic & Scientific Services 39 Kessels Road Coopers Plains QLD 4108
Graham Lancaster	Southern Cross University Lismore NSW 2480
Hongmei Kuang	Symbio Laboratories 44 – 52 Brandl Street Eight Miles Plains QLD 4113
Karl Kusko	Symbio Laboratories 36 Business Park Drive Ravenhall VIC 3023
Dr Ian Goodall	The Scotch Whisky Research Institute The Robertson Trust Building, Research Avenue North, Riccarton Edinburgh EH14 4AP United Kingdom

Natural persons, but not companies, can apply for approval. They should contact the Food Authority about the required form of the application.

(updated 19 August 2025)

Other analysts

Analysis of samples may sometimes be provided by analysts or laboratories that are not ‘approved’ under the Food Act 2003.

This includes sampling and analyses by food businesses to meet requirements of food safety schemes. Requirements can be found in the relevant industry manual.

The Food Authority encourages businesses to choose laboratories accredited by NATA, the National Association of Testing Authorities.