Hortec is a South African company with more than 20 years' experience in the fruit industry. Previously linked to the research community, we have since grown into a commercial company providing various services to the agriculture and food sectors. Our laboratories are accredited according to ISO 17025:2005 and provide a high-quality professional service which meets the requirements of local and export markets.The Fruit Quality Services division provides fruit quality and maturity management services to fruit producers, pack houses and exporters for a wide variety of fruit including pome, grape and stone fruit as well as other exotic fruit like persimmons and kiwi fruit.The Analytical Services division provides food safety related testing to the fresh produce and other food producing industries. Our portfolio includes testing for pesticide residues in fresh produce as well as other undesirable or regulated residues like mycotoxins etc. in various food commodities.The Weather Services division provides important meteorological data to customers including weather station owners. Our customers have direct access through our web based software (iLeaf) to weather stations, weather forecasts, frost warnings, insect and disease models as well as various climate related temperature models.Visit our website at www.hortec.co.za for more information.

The Analytical Services division provides analytical solutions to the food and beverage industry, particularly with regards to food safety. Our portfolio of tests include pesticide residue testing for the fresh produce industry of South Africa, illegal dyes testing in foodstuffs, etc. For more information visit our company page or website.

Head of the BioActivity Screening and the Analytical Chemistry Units.Analytical Chemistry Services: Pesticide residue analysis in various food types and related food safety testing. Provider of other analytical services such as quantification of compounds of interest in various matrices and quality control of target compounds.BioActivity Screening Services: Elucidation, quantification and verification of the biological activities of potential medicinal plants and established natural /herbal products. Isolation/purification and identification of potential novel chemical entities.

Starting up and managing the BioActivity Screening Unit.Responsible for the technical aspects of the unit.Assay development.Client relations.Development and marketing.

Sporadic contract work for Synexa Life Sciences involving various types of testing on clinical trial samples.