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Global demand for food cannot be met by organic products, according to Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, chairman of the board of Nestle S.A., the world’s largest food company, Food magazine reported Aug. 31.
“You have to be rational – there’s no way you can support life on earth if you go straight from farm to table,” Brabeck-Letmathe said.
ADPEN is currently utilizing the validated FDA LC/MS/MS methods which can detect down to 0.3 ppb for seafood and honey. ADPEN has also validated a modification of this method for use in milk by products and other matrices. ADPEN can help food companies implement proactive food safety monitoring programs in order to mitigate their risk [...]
FDA issued a final guidance in early August regarding cGMPs for positron emission tomography (PET) drugs. The document covers resources, procedures, and documentation for PET drug-production facilities. The 1997 Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act called for these cGMPs to be established, and they are now part of 21 CFR Part 212. This guidance complements [...]
“Be proactive” when it comes to dealing with the new Food Safety Modernization Act — that’s the main message that panelists delivered at the final conference of this year’s International Boston Seafood Show. The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011 has radically changed the way seafood is sourced, distributed and imported into the United States. [...]
A new U.S. fee that is expected to significantly increase the cost of re-inspecting product suspected of a food-safety violation went into effect on Saturday. As a result, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued some clarification and relief on the collection of these fees, authorized under the Food Safety Modernization Act, which was [...]
New Compounds and Procedures for Pesticide Impurities in Dietary Supplements and Pharmaceuticals Changes to pesticide residue test procedures for the analysis of dietary supplements and pharmaceuticals have been incorporated in the new monograph <561> (Articles of Botanical Origin) of USP 34, effective May 1, 2011. The new monograph includes approximately 108 pesticides, involving twice as [...]
ADPEN brings aboard Agilent’s newest Triple Quadrupole LC-MS/MS, the 6490 with iFunnel technology. The 6490 has unprecedented sensitivity and is today’s most sensitive triple quadrupole mass spectrometer. It is designed to deliver high levels of sensitivity and robustness for even the most complex and demanding matrices. ADPEN has interfaced the 6490 with Agilent’s latest 1290 [...]