The Southern African Grain Laboratory NPC

Is an independent non-profit laboratory, created in 1997 by the grain industry to act as a Reference Laboratory for grain and oilseeds. The SAGL provides an internationally competitive range of laboratory services on grain, oilseeds and products thereof including food, feed, and feedstuffs. These services are driven by the needs of the broader grain industry. ISO 17025 accredited test methods are implemented within a comprehensive quality system. The stakeholders serviced by the SAGL include grain and oilseed producers, the handling and storage industry, processors including the baking, milling and animal feed producing industries, traders of agricultural commodities, commercial seed breeding companies, agricultural research institutes and since 2016, also companies producing crop protection products.