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Acrylamide Analyses
US FDA is concerned with the presence of acrylamide in fried starchy foods which may be hazardous to your health. Acrylamide is a neurotoxin in humans, a known carcinogen in rats and a probable carcinogen in humans. Highest levels found in potato chips, about 1200 ppb, and french fries, about 450 ppb. The World Health [...]
Nestle’s board chairman says global demand for food cannot be met with organic products
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 [...]
Pittcon Conference and Expo
Pittcon Conference and Expo March 11-15, 2012 Orange County Convention Center Orlando, Florida USA
The Reportable Food Registry: A Valuable New Tool for Preventing Foodborne Illness
When Congress created the Reportable Food Registry (RFR) in Section 1005 of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Amendments Act of 2007, FDA was given the opportunity to develop a useful addition to its armamentarium of tools and techniques to prevent foodborne illness. In the law, which became Section 417 of the Federal Food, [...]
FDA, Federal Partners Develop Tools for Food-emergency Readiness
The FDA and federal partners released the Food Related Emergency Exercise Boxed set, a web-based collection of scenarios that will help government regulators, public health organizations and the food industry test their readiness for food-related emergencies. FREE-B is a compilation of five scenarios designed to help test and develop food emergency response plans, protocols and [...]
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Our New 6490 Triple Quadrupole LC-MS/MS with iFunnel Technology
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 [...]