Students from Singapore take top honor at the prestigious Stockholm Junior Water Prize

Team from Japan awarded Diploma of Excellence for their water research project RYE BROOK, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 29, 2018– Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL), a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, congratulates Caleb Liow Jia Le and Johnny Xiao Hong Yu of Singapore, the winners of the 2018 Stockholm... Read more

Waters and Restek Co-Marketing Agreement Created with Needs of International Food Safety Laboratories in Mind

The Waters Xevo TQ-GC Mass Spectrometer and Restek Gas Chromatography Consumables Are a Winning Combination for Routine GC-MS Pesticide Residue Analyses and Screening MILFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 28, 2018– Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) and Restek Corporationhave entered into a co-marketing agreement in an effort to give food safety laboratories access to the GC-MS instrumentation and consumables they need to perform... Read more

Neogen’s one-hour Listeria Right Now™ receives AOAC approval

CONTACT: George Nagle, Neogen Corporation 517/372-9200 LANSING, Mich., Aug. 20, 2018 — Neogen’s revolutionary Listeria Right Now™ environmental pathogen detection system has officially achieved AOAC approval, license number #081802. The approval adds another level of assurance to the food safety community, as the product has now been validated by one of the industry’s leading third-party accreditation groups. “It’s extremely... Read more

Neogen acquires water microbiology testing technology

CONTACT: Steven J. Quinlan, Vice President & CFO, Neogen Corporation, 517/372-9200 LANSING, Mich., Aug. 1, 2018 — Neogen Corporation (NASDAQ: NEOG) announced today that it has acquired Clarus Labs, Inc. The acquisition provides Neogen products, and greater access to the $400 million global water microbiology testing market. The acquisition includes the patented Colitag™ water test, which... Read more

Shimadzu has released the EU Regulation Compliant GC-MS/MS Method Package for Dioxins in Foods.

EU Regulation Compliant GC-MS/MS Method Package for Dioxins in Foods Supports the Analysis of Dioxins in Foods Using GC-MS/MS Until recently, the analysis of dioxins in foods was mainly performed using magnetic sector (double-focusing) GC-MS instruments. However, GC-MS/MS (TQ) instruments are low cost and easy to handle, and offer a significant improvement in quantitative accuracy.... Read more

New Luna Omega HILIC Column Delivers Increased LC Separation of Sugars

Torrance, Calif. (July 19, 2018) – Phenomenex Inc., global leader in the research, design and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, announces a new Luna Omega phase for sugar analysis by hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC). Luna Omega SUGAR is specifically engineered for carbohydrate separation and analysis from food, beverage and pharmaceutical matrices, such as milk, animal... Read more

DNA-Based Pathogen Testing Company PathogenDx Raises $3.4 Million in Convertible Note Round

TUCSON, Ariz., July 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — PathogenDx Corporation, the innovative provider of DNA-based pathogen testing technology for the cannabis, botanical, food and agriculture industries, announced today the successful completion of a $3.4 million capital raise, completing the company’s convertible note round. The PathogenDx capital raise was co-led by Altitude Investment Management and The Panther Opportunity Fund. Other key funders include CanopyVentures,... Read more

Process Sensors, Unity Scientific, CHOPIN Technologies and AMS Alliance to feature on-line, at-line, and lab analyzer solutions for food processing at IFT 2018

Chicago, Illinois (July 15, 2018) – Process Sensors, Unity Scientific, CHOPIN Technologies and AMS Alliance – all KPM Analytics companies – will present their advanced analyzer solutions for food applications at IFT 2018, booth S-431 July 15 – 18 at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL. Used for process and quality control in dairy, beverage, cereal,... Read more