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New Global Mycotoxin Regulations Tool Provides Instant Access to Worldwide Regulatory Data
Waters Corporation (USA) recently announced VICAM, a Waters Business, introduced a single-source on-line, tool that provides access to a comprehensive, simple-to-use database of global mycotoxin regulations at
commodityregs.com.
Food exporters around the world face the growing challenge of ensuring that their products meet evermore demanding standards in their target markets. Varying regulations in different countries add to the complexity for exporters eager to comply. Now more than ever, new products and innovations are needed to deal with these complex challenges.
The Global Mycotoxin Regulations Tool is the first of its kind. Available as a web-based or mobile application, the tool allows users to locate global mycotoxin limits by geography and commodity or food type in seconds. Food manufacturers and exporters can obtain critical regulatory data without general web searches, saving both time and resources. In addition, customers can search products using commodity and finished product images, simplifying the search process and ensuring that clear and actionable results are available to stakeholders in food and agriculture markets worldwide.
Furthermore, the Global Mycotoxin Regulations Tool will have a meaningful effect on global initiatives to support food safety. Customers will be able to meet the varying demands of the global marketplace, while knowing they are minimising the impact of mycotoxins on human and animal health.
"The Global Mycotoxin Regulations Tool is the only single-source for global regulatory mycotoxin limits available. It provides simple, searchable regulatory data that enables food and agriculture exporters to quickly assess their product's suitability for a particular market and establish internal quality programs to meet those requirements," comments Marjorie Radlo, General Manager, Director of Operations, for VICAM.
Mycotoxins are naturally occurring chemical byproducts of ubiquitous mold species which are natural inhabitants of crop soils. Severe rain or drought can encourage mycotoxin production and, once released, mycotoxins are difficult to manage and virtually impossible to destroy. The USDA, FDA, EU, and other international government agencies impose specific regulations and guidelines for acceptable levels of mycotoxins. Producers and exporters use on-site and laboratory testing to ensure regulatory compliance and to protect human and animal health from illnesses associated with mycotoxins, including cancer, vomiting, and feed refusal in animals.
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IONICON selects RJ Lee Group as Exclusive U.S. Distributor for Real-Time Trace Gas Analysis Products
IONICON Analytik (Austria), specialist manufacturer of PTR-MS real-time trace gas analysers recently announced that RJ Lee Group, Inc. materials characterisation laboratory and industrial forensics consulting firm has become the exclusive U.S. distribution partner for IONICON’s Trace Gas Analysis products including the Proton Transfer Reaction - Mass Spectrometer (PTR- MS) trace gas analyser.
PTR-MS, when launched by IONICON in 1998 revolutionised direct and online analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Before that, cost and time consuming chemical methods were applied that did not provide such a high time-resolution nor sensitivity. This highly sensitive analyser allows real-time monitoring of trace gases and VOCs at the parts per trillion levels. Though PTR-MS has been sold in the U.S. for several years, RJ Lee Group will be the first domestic distributor providing sales, service, training and application support.
RJ Lee Group has been providing analytical services both in the laboratory and in the field for over 30 years, and since 2012, the company has used an IONICON PTR-MS system, installed in a mobile laboratory, to sample a variety of organic compounds at locations around the country. RJ Lee Group will distribute the instrument as well as offer analysis services, training, consultation, and application development support to owners and prospective users.
“We are very excited about this new partnership with RJ Lee Group,” stated Lukas Märk, CEO of IONICON Analytik GmbH. “The U.S. represents one of our largest installed user groups, and with this partnership, some of the world’s leading trace gas analysis experts at RJ Lee Group are joining our team. I am looking forward to supporting and growing our user community and developing new application areas for our technology with RJ Lee Group.”
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IQ and OQ Cerification for LiquiSonic Analysers
SensoTech (Germany) offers special qualification and validation procedures for its LiquiSonic concentration analysers. To ensure a proper system installation, an implementation of the installation qualification (IQ) is recommended. A subsequent operational qualification (OQ) completes the qualification and validation process.
The test procedures of OQ include a review of temperature and sonic velocity measurement. This will ensure that the equipment operates as specified. The test results and any follow-up action will be documented in the qualification report. The report serves as evidence for correct concentration measurement, which depends on the temperature and sonic velocity of a fluid.
The qualification and validation procedures meet the guidelines of GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) and contribute to implement and run processes cost-efficient and on the highest level of security.
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The Online Database for Certified Reference Materials
Searching for suitable certified reference materials has never been easier with this ingenious tool provided by FluXana (Germany), the specialist XRF support company from Bedburg-Hau, Germany. FluXana realised that apart from the optimisation of sample preparation routines, the other major challenge facing the XRF spectroscopist is finding a suitable array of matrix matched reference materials from the thousands currently available on the market. XRF scientists were left with the unenviable task of looking at page after page and through catalogue after catalogue in their quest to find the most suitable standards with which to calibrate their instruments.
Now, with the availability of FLUXearch, the user can search on-line, by matrix type, and can even fine tune the search by listing individual elements and minimum/maximum elemental concentrations. A list of standards meeting the user’s criteria is then displayed, and a request for quotation can then be submitted.
FLUXearch is totally free to use with no obligation to purchase. On-line help is available to assist with searches from the log-in page. More information on this and FluXana’s range of XRF support products can be obtained from their distributors Analysco Ltd (UK).
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