Food & Beverage Analysis
Listeria monocytogenes Diagnostic Test Earns AOAC Performance Tested Method Certifi cation
Nemis Technologies Ltd has announced that its N-LightTM Listeria monocytogenes diagnostic test designed for food safety has officially earned the prestigious AOAC® Performance Tested MethodSM(PTM) Certificate from the AOAC Research Institute in the US, the industry’s leading product certification organisation.
The groundbreaking AquaSparkTM platform technology behind Nemis N-LightTM tests offers a unique and powerful alternative to existing diagnostic methods providing food producers and processors with the first reliable on-site method that conveniently enables rapid lab-free testing of work surfaces at any point in the supply chain.
Arnaud Muller, the company’s CEO, stated: “We are extremely proud to receive the validation of our N-LightTM Listeria monocytogenes kit from AOAC in the food safety arena. At Nemis, the team aspire to create a safe food value chain so none of the most vulnerable consumers will be exposed to unsafe products. Thanks to our game-changing innovation, thousands of food producers and processors worldwide determined to maintain high quality standards and protect their brands from damaging product recalls, will be able to improve the safety and quality of their products while driving cost savings. We will be launching very soon in Switzerland and in Europe.”
Dr Mario Hupfeld, the company’s CSO added: “Our goal was to develop and validate a Listeria monocytogenes environmental monitoring protocol that provides food customers in the least amount of time possible with the information they require to implement an effective seek and destroy approach without delay. Our revolutionary protocol identifies Listeria monocytogenes with matchless sensitivity and specificity, yielding results from an environmental swab overnight. This protocol from sampling collection to results reading and interpretation can be performed by anyone at any time and on-site thanks to our innovative biosafety cap.”
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Portable Conductivity Meter for Regulatory Testing of Drinking Water
Checking water quality, in applications as diverse as regulatory testing of drinking water and swimming pool maintenance, is easy with the CA10141 portable conductivity meter from Chauvin Arnoux. This compact, handheld instrument, which features a fully waterproof design with an IP67 ingress protection rating, offers fast and reliable measurement of conductivity, TDS (total dissolved solids), salinity and temperature with all results clearly displayed on a large backlit LCD screen.
Simplicity of operation and rugged construction combined with high accuracy make this novel instrument an ideal choice for use wherever it is necessary to monitor water quality. Typical applications include checking drinking water in compliance with the Drinking Water Directive 98/83/EC, checking salinity and conductivity of water used in food manufacturing processes, measuring the conductivity of water in industrial boilers, confirming water quality in swimming pools and monitoring water in natural pools and rivers as an aid to detecting pollution.
The CA10141 conductivity meter can measure conductivity over the range 0.050 µS/cm to 500.0 mS/cm, TDS from 0.001 mg/l to 499.9 g/l, and salinity from 2.0 to 42.0 psu. It also records the temperature at which the measurements are made over the range -10.0 to +120ºC. In addition to showing the results on its integral LCD screen, the instrument also records them in its internal memory. This can store up to 30,000 time and date-stamped measurements which can subsequently be transferred, via a standard USB link, to a PC for analysis, reporting or archiving.
Equally suitable for use in the laboratory or on site, the Chauvin Arnoux CA10141 portable conductivity meter is supplied as standard in a rigid padded carrying case, together with an XCP4ST1 Capec four-pole conductivity cell with built-in Pt1000 temperature sensor. Also included are a ready-to-use 1408 µS/cm conductivity standard, a plastic beaker, a wrist strap and a quick-start guide. Other conductivity standards are available as options, as are adaptors for using conductivity cells with DIN, BNC, S7 and jack connectors.
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Reduce Ashing Times for Foods and Feeds
The ashing of foods and feeds is an important sample preparation process but can often take many hours causing a bottleneck in the laboratory workflow. Laboratories often do not know how long their ashing process takes as samples are left in the muffle oven overnight ready for analysis the next morning.
By using a microwave enhanced muffle system, ashing times can be reduced by up to 95% from hours to minutes using the same temperature profile and standard crucibles. For instance, the ashing of wheat flour in a traditional muffle furnace takes over 6 hours that can be reduced to 50 minutes in a microwave system.
The Milestone PYRO ashing system from Analytix offers additional benefits such as an integral exhaust system with no loss of heat to the laboratory and also removes odours from the laboratory including corrosive fumes from wet ashing that are neutralised with a scrubber system thereby eliminating exposure to the operator to toxic fumes.
Even temperature distribution across the muffle eliminates cold spots and ensures reproducible ashing across all crucibles. The system provides auto- calculation of the results through interfacing with an analytical balance and can additionally export the ashing profile in Excel or pdf format.
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