About the Group


YORK
TEST Laboratories Ltd. has been established in the UK since 1982 and provides a specialist personal health laboratory testing service. 
 
Based on York Science Park, the company has enjoyed impressive and sustained growth over the last few years as the market leader in food intolerance testing. 
 
With almost 25 years experience, we have become market leaders in the field of food intolerance and our Homocysteine and Multi-Allergy Screening Tests offer an extended health analysis service.
 
YORKTEST Laboratories have an office in Ireland in Co. Wicklow and have been working with Irish clients directly since 2005.
 

Tom Hardman

YORKTEST Managing Director
 
 
 
 

Our Achievements:
We have received recognition and many accreditations including:
Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation
SMART Awards from the DTI
Fast 50 growth company in the region
Certification ISO9001:2000
Certification ISO13485:2003
European Medical Device Directive 93/42/EEC
European In Vitro Diagnostic Directive 98/79/EC
 
Our Mission:
“To improve consumers’ health and quality of life by offering innovative evidence-based and personalised nutritional information and support.”
 
A Wealth of Experience:
The company Chairman, Professor Robards O.B.E., is the HSBC Professor of Innovation of the University of York, and the Board of Directors are from healthcare, science and business backgrounds. 
 
Commitment to quality and credibility is something that is of great importance to YORKTEST.  The foodSCAN food intolerance tests are the flagship tests and the company is dedicated to putting the range forward for clinical trials and scientific validation. 
 
YORKTEST has received recognition and a number of accolades from many leading organisations for innovation and quality, including: three SMART awards from the Department of Trade & Industry; ISO9001:2000 and ISO13485:2003 Quality Management Certification; and an award for being one of the ‘FAST 50’ growth companies in the region.  The most recent and most significant accolade has been the 2004 Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation – this is a great honour and something of which the company is very proud.