The analytical backbone behind every study we run
Every risk assessment, every registration dossier, every safety study depends on analytical data you can defend. Our analytical chemistry team brings over 500 combined years of experience, some of the most sophisticated instrumentation in the UK, and the GLP-accredited rigour that regulators expect supporting chemical regulation, food safety, environmental science and beyond.
What we offer
From early method development through to independent laboratory validation and post-registration residue monitoring, our analytical team supports the full lifecycle of a chemical product. We work alongside our ecotoxicology, environmental fate, metabolism and efficacy teams providing integrated analytical support that keeps your programme on a single timeline without the handoffs and delays of working across multiple laboratories.
500+ years of combined experience
Our analytical team brings deep expertise in method development, chromatography and compound identification across an exceptionally broad range of matrices and test articles.
GLP-accredited across all platforms
Method development, validation and sample analysis are conducted to GLP standards with results accepted by regulatory authorities worldwide.
Integrated with every testing discipline
Our analytical chemists work directly alongside ecotoxicology, environmental fate, metabolism and efficacy teams dose verification, exposure confirmation and residue analysis all in-house.
Challenging matrices handled routinely
Environmental samples, animal tissues, mixtures, UVCBs, products with low water solubility and volatiles, we handle the sample types and test items that many laboratories cannot.
Radiolabelled compound capability
Full 14C radiochemistry support including liquid scintillation, radio-HPLC, TLC bio-imaging and sample oxidation supporting studies where radiolabelled test items are required.
Market leaders in pesticide residue analysis
Over 50 years of pesticide and agrochemical residue testing experience, with accredited methods and GLP compliance where required, covering plant, animal and environmental matrices.
Our analytical services
The Thomson Suite
Named in honour of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Sir J.J. Thomson, whose 1913 experiments are credited with the invention of mass spectrometry, the Thomson Suite is one of the largest GLP-accredited mass spectrometry facilities of its kind in the UK. It houses over 40 instruments and underpins the analytical work that runs across every discipline at Fera.
Triple quadrupole LC-MS instruments
The workhorse of our quantitative residue and metabolite work delivering the sensitivity and selectivity that regulatory submissions demand.
High-resolution mass spectrometry
High-resolution ToF LC-MS including Orbitrap technology for definitive metabolite identification and unknown compound characterisation.
Gas chromatography mass spectrometry
High-resolution GC-MS instruments, covering volatile compounds, pesticide residues.
NMR spectroscopy
NMR instruments (proton and carbon, Bruker) for structural elucidation of novel metabolites – an essential tool for complex characterisation work.
Isotope ratio mass spectrometry
Isotope ratio MS instruments supporting authenticity and traceability work, relevant across food safety, environmental monitoring and agri-food applications.
14C radiochemistry suite
Liquid scintillation counters, sample oxidisers, radio-HPLC with HPLC-βRAM and SoFie™ modules, and TLC bio-imaging supporting the full range of radiolabelled study types.
One of the UK's largest GLP mass spectrometry facilities
The Thomson Suite runs to GLP quality standards and houses over 40 state-of-the-art instruments across mass spectrometry, chromatography and NMR. It's the analytical engine behind Fera's chemical regulation, food safety and environmental science work and one of the features that makes us genuinely different from other CROs.