Microscopy services

The Microscopy team at Campden BRI offers a comprehensive range of analytical techniques to support its customers. From foreign body identification, troubleshooting problems with food packaging materials, to the investigation and screening of a wide range of samples, some of them non-food materials, the team carries out a wide range of projects.

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