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Labocor Analítica presents its new website
Labocor Analítica presents its new corporate online space, where it informs about all its analytical services and the different sectors it covers: Animal Nutrition, Human Food, Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Industry, and Environment. Labocor Analítica has more than 25 years of experience in the animal nutrition sector offering research services, technical advice, and training, through which it has had the opportunity to help many companies in the control and quality of their products. Since 2020 Labocor Analítica has been part of the Tentamus Group, an international network with more than 80 member laboratories. Since 2013 it has been accredited by ENAC (Entidad Nacional de Acreditación) in Food, Feed and Raw Materials.…
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Expansion of Services – Tentamus Japan Laboratories
Tentamus Japan has been certified for immuno-diagnostic testing laboratory services for human health. The certification allows for samples from patients to be tested for an array of test items related to diagnostic for human health. One of the tests with immediate demand is testing of antibodies IgG IgM to Covid19 virus; essential to the local community and government agencies to assure of community protection and effectiveness of vaccination. This adds to the extraordinary work done in supplying testing services for the presence of Covid-19 virus. Tentamus Japan started about 12 months ago as a certified laboratory for Covid-19 and has grown from 6 employees to over 20 mainly in supplying…
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Tentamus North America adds analysis for Aflatoxins
The team at Tentamus North America has been busy adding new testing methods to support your business. To aid companies in the food sector the laboratory has added HPLC analysis methods for Aflatoxins B1, B2, G1 and G2, and ELISA analysis for Aflatoxin M1. Aflatoxins, toxic compounds produced by certain types of mold, are most commonly found in grains, nuts, and spices. When livestock are fed grain that is contaminated with Aflatoxin B1, they metabolize it into Aflatoxin M1, a potent carcinogenic. Aflatoxin M1 is then passed into the milk of the animal. The US sets the action level for Aflatoxins at 20 ppb for most foods, and at 0.5…
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L.A.B. tunes an analysis method for ethylene oxide in foodstuff
L.A.B. | Laboratorio Analítico Bioclínico, fulfilling its commitment to its clients to improve analytical services, and as a result of the alerts and recalls of food products due to the presence of ethylene oxide, has developed and validated the method for its analysis. Ethylene oxide is widely used to sterilize materials and instruments used in surgery and for medical devices but is not permitted to be used in foodstuff in Europe. Its biocidal usage was banned in Europe due to toxicity risks, and it is not approved as an active substance in plant protection products in the EU. Since September 2020, the RASFF European system (Rapid Alert System for Food…
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Southern Microbiological Services (SMS) launches its new website
. The UK based laboratory Southern Microbiological Services (SMS) proudly presents its new website, going live today. Founded in 1987, SMS became part of the international laboratory network of the Tentamus Group in 2019. The laboratory is located in Wellington, Somerset and specializes in microbiological and chemical testing services for food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals as well as biomedical and environmental analyses. SMS’ reputation for providing tailored and individual services to its customers is now being highlighted by a new website. The new online presence is designed to give customers easier navigation through SMS’ services in order to find the best solution for their testing needs. Please check out the new website…
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Analysis of glyphosate, gluphosinate and AMPA in water using LC-MS/MS
The laboratory Tentamus Agriparadigma has developed and validated a method for the determination of residues of glyphosate, its metabolite AMPA and gluphosinate in water in accordance with ISO 17025. The method has been used for the analysis of groundwater samples collected within a European monitoring project. What is glyphosate? Glyphosate is the most widely used and well-known herbicide and for this reason it is often in the focus of public attention, and articles and investigations on glyphosate are always widely echoed in the media. It is very soluble in water and remains in the form of glyphosate and its main metabolite AMPA. The maximum allowed concentration of residues is set…
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New in-house method for peptides from allergic proteins
Allergens and alimentary intolerances are a worldwide food safety issue with an increasing prevalence and number of allergens identified. This is a troublesome task for both consumers and food manufacturers as they produce an adverse reaction. Food labelling must be clear and reliable to ensure consumer rights and safety recording to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011. Actually, there is no remedy for treating food allergies, therefore, the only solution is to avoid the consumption of dangerous substances. The food safety experts at bilacon Rotterdam have worked on a new method to tackle this problem. The purpose of their work is to develop a new in-house method that ca be used to…
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Conycal joins Tentamus Group!
Conycal, specialized in the Food and Environmental Sector, becomes part of Tentamus Group’s international network of laboratories. Conycal operates nationwide from its two locations (Oviedo and Ciudad Real), offering a wide range of analytical services and technical advice to numerous companies related to the field of agri-food and the environment. Among the most demanded services of the laboratory are water analysis (drinking water, wastewater, legionella, swimming pools etc.), food analysis and air quality studies. With more than 20 years of business experience, one of its main priorities continues to be analytical excellence. For this reason, Conycal has an extensive list of accreditations and certifications that guarantee the accuracy and reliability…
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VELTIA Labs for Life becomes the youngest member of relana®
At the beginning of 2021 the Headquarter laboratory of VELTIA Labs for Life, that is located in Thessaloniki, Greece has proudly become the youngest member of relana® circle. Even though VELTIA’s commitment to high standard of services has been proven for many years, the invitation for joining relana®’s circle was the result of hard work and a moral satisfaction for everyone. It is well known that the analysis of contaminants and pesticides is a big part of VELTIA’s field of services. Companies not only from Greece, Balkans, Cyprus and Turkey, but from all around Europe trust the laboratory in order to provide safe and secure results. This is why VELTIA…
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Die Chelab Dr. V. Ara GmbH Co. KG aus Hannover als neuer Kooperationspartner für das Tentamus Center for Food Fraud
Das Tentamus Center for Food Fraud oder kurz TCF² freut sich über den neuen Kooperationspartner Chelab aus Hannover. Das TCF² befasst sich mit allen Fragestellungen rund um das Thema Lebensmittelauthentizität. Die Chelab GmbH wurde kürzlich in die Tentamus Group aufgenommen und erweitert das Portfolio um ein vollumfängliches Angebot und Methodenspektrum im Bereich Frucht- und Gemüsesäfte. Bei der Chelab GmbH können so verschiedenste Fruchtsäfte mithilfe von NMR hinsichtlich ihrer Authentizität gegen eine hausinterne Datenbank verglichen werden. Ferner steht auch das SGF Profiling™ (Juice-Screener) zur Verfügung sowie die Bestimmung des positionsspezifischen Wasserstoff-Deuterium-Isotopenverhältnisses. Daneben sind weitere Geräte für Fragestellungen aus dem Bereich Authentizität vorhanden, wie z.B. Isotopenmassenspektrometrie gekoppelt, sowohl an einen Elementaranalysator als…
