About Us

Strasburger & Siegel ... Your Laboratory Partner. Established in 1926, Strasburger & Siegel is one of the oldest laboratories in the country dedicated to the analysis of food products. Our founders, LeRoy Strasburger and Maurice Siegel, had the vision to foresee the application of scientific principles to the art of food processing.

Today our dedication to those same scientific principles allows us to provide the highest quality analytical, testing and consulting services, at a fair price. We treasure our partnerships with our clients and strive to fulfill their needs for Analytical Chemistry, Microbiology, Filth and Extraneous Analysis and Consulting.

Here you can find out about our Our Mission, Clientele, what Instrumentation / Facilities we use, and Associations, Affiliations and Memberships.

Our well-trained staff maintains and improves their proficiency with constant professional development. Our capabilities are increased each year to meet the changing needs of our clients and the segments of the food industry where they operate.

We are committed to producing results that are of the highest possible quality. Our organization is built according to the “model of excellence” that is described in ISO 17025: the international standard of excellence for testing laboratories. Using principles and philosophies of ISO 17025 ensures that we consistently produce results that are within the 95% confidence region, every day of the week. We maintain this ability through participation in multiple check sample programs and Laboratory Certification programs, as well as regular and rigorous internal validation of our laboratory work. This consistency of high quality results produces trust. Our clients can trust that the results we report are valid, every time.

Scientific excellence is essential, but without timely completion, accurate reporting and good customer service, it may be nearly worthless. Count on us to be accurate, on time, and on budget. We will be available to discuss your results and the impact they may have on your product or facility.

Because we demonstrate our commitment to each of our clients, each and every day, we will become a valuable, trusted and dependable partner to you.

Discover what a Valuable Partner we can be. Contact Strasburger & Siegel today and we'll prove it!

Our Mission

At Strasburger & Siegel, our mission is to become our client’s most trusted and valuable testing laboratory partner. We will accomplish this through the following:

Maintain standards of excellence and integrity in our business operations.
The constant professional development of our staff.
The continual expansion and improvement of our capabilities.
Ensure our web site is accessible to the handicapped.

Clientele

Our clients comprise large, medium and small size companies from virtually every segment of the food industry. They include industry leaders in Spices, Poultry, Seafood, and Chocolate. Other major clients are in Bakery, Processed Meats, Flavors, Juices, Vegetables, Fruits and Sauces.

Major Instrumentation

Fully automated Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) equipped with probe. The system is operated with GCMS Lab Solutions Software.

Fully automated Gas Chromatography (GC) set up with various detectors (Flame Ionization detector, Electron Captured detector, Flame Photometric detector).

Fully automated Liquid Chromatography set up with various detectors (Fluorescence detector, UV/Vis detector, Differential Refractometer detector, Conductivity detector, and Evaporative Light Scattering Detector (ELSD).

Various Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometers configured with Graphite Furnace, Hydride Generator and Regular Flame with the ability to operate with Zeeman-effect background correction.

Fully automated BAX system for food borne pathogen analysis. This is a PCR based technology.

Other equipment includes:

Water Activity reader (Aqua-Lab)
Sieve analysis (Ro-Tap)
Spectrophotometers
Various types of Microscopes
Block Digester for Protein analysis (Tecator)
Automated distillation for Protein analysis (Tecator)
Microwave digester
Nitrogen evaporator
Stomacher
and automated large capacity autoclave

Facilities

Strasburger & Siegel is located in a 14,000 sq. ft. modern industrial building in the Parkway Industrial Park, conveniently located near the major highways of I-95, 295 (Baltimore Washington Parkway) and I-695, and the Baltimore/Washington International Airport. We are just 25 miles north of the District of Columbia.

Associations, Affiliations and Memberships

American Association of Cereal Chemists
Association of Food Industries
American Proficiency Institute
American Spice Trade Association
Maryland Drinking Water Lab Certification
National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program
National Fisheries Institute
PMCA - An International Association of Confectioners

Our Employees are active members of the following organizations:

AOAC International
American Association of Candy Technologists
American Chemical Society
American Oil Chemists Society
American Society for Microbiology
Institute of Food Technologists
International Association of Food Protection
National Environmental Health Association
Research Chefs Association