Waters Corporation has launched a direct-from-sample analytical system for real-time sample recognition and verification of authenticity or adulteration.
Due to their potential for long-range transport, persistence and ability to bio-accumulate, chlorinated paraffins (CPs) are widespread in the environment and can be found in the food chain.
Part two: Sciex, Eurofins, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Sciex has launched its SWATH data independent acquisition (DIA) technology for analytical scientists in application areas including food testing and environmental analysis.
There has been an increased interest in harmonization of methods and quality systems across laboratories in recent years, according to a contract testing lab.
The Government Chemist is to build capability in molecular biology (next generation sequencing), NMR and protein mass spectrometry in the next few years.
To understand the food safety and quality landscape we sent a Q+A to several companies to discuss highlights of 2016 and to predict what this year could bring.
Sciex is starting to install safety kits on mass spectrometers that had to be shut down due to the potential for the pump to fail and eject metal fragments.
To understand the food safety and quality landscape we sent a Q+A to several companies in industry to discuss highlights of 2016 and to predict what this year could bring.
To get a handle on the food safety and quality landscape we sent a Q+A to several companies in the industry to discuss the highlights of 2016 and to predict what this year could bring.
Mass Spec Analytical has launched an ion source which it claims speeds up workflow times by 30% or more for processes where GCMS is normally used for analysis.
Excellims Corporation has signed an exclusive worldwide license agreement with Washington State University for a new instrumental method to interface an Ambient Pressure Ion Mobility Spectrometer (APIMS) to a Mass Spectrometer (MS).
The industry is moving towards smaller instruments dedicated to specific questions and on-site analysis, according to the group president of IDEX Health & Science.
Benefits of using LCxLC, sample clean-up challenges and changing testing demand were some areas explained to us by a researcher at a Dutch-based institute.
Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization – time of flight (MALDI-ToF) mass spectrometry is to be added to Public Health England’s (PHE’s) standard microbiological test methods.
SCIEX has said a meat species authentication method developed using its QTRAP 6500 LC-MS/MS system allows greater sensitivity and a lower limit of detection.
Shimadzu says its LC/MS triple quadrupole mass spectrometer will strengthen its rapid growth in the sector and push the limits of quantitation for applications requiring high sensitivity.
Food and environmental testing labs can now benefit from a high-resolution accurate-mass (HRAM) analysis mass spectrometer, according to Thermo Scientific.
Waters Corporation has officially opened its mass spectrometry headquarters in the UK and said that the food industry has been a major driver behind the technology in recent years.
Bruker Corporation has launched an ultra-high resolution (UHR) quadrupole-time-of-flight (QTOF) mass spectrometer for applications such as pesticide screening.
