ABOUT US
Empiria Labs, LLC. is a prestigious ISO-17025 accredited high-resolution mass spectrometry testing laboratory located at 6200 E. Ramseyer Rd, Edinburg, TX 78542. As the largest and one of the leading labs in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, we specialize in providing advanced organic trace analysis with the lowest detection limits. Our services cater to private organizations, governments, and regulatory agencies across the USA and Latin America, ensuring precision and reliability in every test.
MISSION STATEMENT
Our mission is to become the most influential laboratory for analytical services and scientific research in the fruits and vegetables industry across the Rio Grande Valley, TX, and Latin America. We aim to provide comprehensive, scientifically robust, and legally sustainable chemical and microbiological protocols. These protocols empower producers and consumers to offer and enjoy safe products, adhering to Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), and Good Business Practices (GBP). Our work aligns with regulations and methodologies established by the FDA, USDA, EPA, AOAC, and ASTM.
VISION
Our vision is to cultivate a more professional, dynamic, and reliable presence within the fruits and vegetables, petroleum, and geochemical industries. We aim to create a superior working environment for our clients, enhance consumer experiences, and establish ourselves as the clear choice for investors in the produce, petroleum / energy, and environmental sectors.
CORPORATE PURPOSE
Our purpose is to deliver highly reliable analytical results to growers and industrial companies in the fruits and vegetables sector, as well as their by-products. We are committed to adhering to rigorous standard operating procedures and advancing research projects using high-resolution technology. Our focus on quality and competitiveness is firmly grounded within the USA legal framework.
OUR SERVICES
Food Analysis
At Empiria Labs, we utilize advanced high-resolution technology instrumentation, including GC/MSMS, LC/MSMS, and ICP/MS, to accurately determine multi-residue pesticides (organochlorine, organophosphorous, triacides, carbamates, dithiocarbamates, anionic polars), mycotoxins and heavy metals in food, particularly in fruits and vegetables.
Petroleum Geochemistry
Empiria Labs offers an extensive range of petroleum geochemical analyses tailored for E&P projects. Our services include TOC, Pyrolysis Rock Eval, Vitrinite Reflectance, SARA fractionation, WOGC, GC/FID, and GC/MS for C15+ saturate and aromatic fractions. We also specialize in biomarkers (Terpanes & Steranes), high molecular weight hydrocarbons by HTGC, and Diamantoids by GC/MS and GC/MSMS. These analyses help identify source, depositional paleoenvironment, maturity, biodegradation, and migration events in source rock, crude oils, bituminous extracts of source rocks/sediments-soils, seeps, and other related matrices.
Environmental Geochemistry
Our Environmental Geochemistry services encompass the study and analysis of water, marine organisms (tissues), and sediments. We utilize state-of-the-art high-resolution instrumentation to analyze PAHs & alkyl-PAHs, TPHs, Butyltins, PBDEs, PCBs, Methylmercury, Organochlorine & Organophosphorous pesticides, Phthalate esters, and trace metals.
Water Analysis
Empiria Labs provides reliable water testing services with matrices as natural water, groundwaters in compliance with USDA GAP program to industrial clients, engineering firms, consultants and government agencies.