Companies need to establish that their water system is adequately designed, controlled, maintained and monitored to ensure that it is consistently producing water for its intended use.
A flood of warning letters from the FDA on water system suitability could pull the plug on the production of food, beverage, cosmetic, nutraceutical and over-the-counter (OTC) or pharmaceutical products if companies are not conducting total organic carbon (TOC) water testing analysis on a regular basis.
The QuEChERS product line provides an easy-to-use, sample preparation workflow, with sample extraction and cleanup kits that allow for comprehensive pesticide residues extraction to produce cleaner extracts for chromatographic analysis.
SAGE UMT is a wireless, handheld steam trap tester, designed to eliminate human error and allow any steam trap technician to perform surveys quickly and accurately on a regular basis.
SureTect Salmonella Species PCR Assay receives approval by AOAC International (AOAC-OMA claim) for a range of foods and select environmental surfaces, including challenging, high-risk matrices and large sample sizes.
If you are a food or beverage processor, you should be asking, "What's in my compressed air"? Hydrocarbons are enough of a problem, but viruses and bacteria could be living in your air as well.
SalQuant™ quantification application of the BAX® System Real-Time PCR Assay shows if Salmonella is present and quantifies levels from each sample when used with BAX® System Q7.
What used to be hurry-up-and-wait tests in the lab can now be performed non-destructively on/in line, yielding immediate test results of food quality and consistency
With consumers more focused on health and nutrition, and empowered by the internet to follow the latest trends, food companies that cater to their needs will be rewarded, and those who lag behind punished by a growing segment of the market.
InSite Listeria test is certified as an AOAC RI Performance Tested Method (certification number 061802)—which verifies that the test detects low levels of Listeria species on stainless steel, ceramic and plastic surfaces—and can more specifically detect presumed positive Listeria, excluding more non-Listeria species.