Faster NIR analysis improves dairy processing

2. May, 2018   FOSS announces the FoodScan™ 2, a new near infrared (NIR) analyser that equips quality control managers to handle the increasingly complex and time-critical tasks involved in analysis of solid and semi-solid dairy products such as cheese, butter and fermented dairy products. Building on the ground-breaking FoodScan, the FoodScan 2 harnesses the latest in... Read more

Agilent Opens Global Solution Development Center in Singapore

Agilent Opens Global Solution Development Center in Singapore Laboratory Designed to Meet Demand for Fully Tested Solutions in Pharma, Biopharma and Food Analysis SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 27, 2018 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today opened a new facility in Singapore dedicated to developing integrated end-to-end workflows across a range of disciplines, including pharma, biopharma,... Read more

New Entry-Level, Automated Titrators Accelerate Laboratory Productivity

The Thermo Scientific Orion Star T900 Series is designed to automate QC/QA processes and boost efficiency WALTHAM, Mass., April 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — A new series of entry-level, automated potentiometric laboratory-grade titrators has been designed to make titrations easier, more reliable and more accurate than manual alternatives, across a wide range of QC/QA applications within food... Read more

Neogen names Donofrio VP of Food Safety R&D

CONTACT: Steve Quinlan, Vice President & CFO, 517/372-9200 LANSING, Mich., April 19, 2018 — Neogen Corporation (NASDAQ: NEOG) announced today that it had named Dr. Robert Donofrio as Vice President of Food Safety Research and Development. Donofrio had recently served as the director of this group of 75 scientists. “Neogen’s Board of Directors is pleased to... Read more

Bruker Introduces the New CTX™ Portable XRF Analyzer

MUNICH, April 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — At Analytica 2018, Bruker today introduces the new CTX™ X-ray fluorescence (XRF) elemental analyzer. The portable Counter Top XRF (CTX) is small, light-weight, safety-interlocked, and battery operated. At less than 7 kilograms in weight, the self-contained CTX is truly portable, and has a small footprint of 14 cm in... Read more

Neogen chairman to gift stock

LANSING, Mich., April 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Neogen Corporation (NASDAQ: NEOG) announced today that Executive Chairman James Herbert intends to make a significant gift of Neogen stock to a charitable organization that he and his wife have supported for many years. The company advised that according to Herbert’s plan the stock gift might be as much as 400,000 shares... Read more

VICAM Introduces a New Method for BPA Detection

BPATest enables food and agricultural laboratories to isolate and purify BPA for analysis in as little as ten minutes MILFORD, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mar. 29, 2018– Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) announced VICAM®, a Waters® Business, introduced a sensitive, precise determination of Bisphenol A (BPA) for food and agricultural laboratories. VICAM’s BPATest™ quickly isolates and purifies BPA for analysis from 0.1 to 50 parts... Read more

New Salmonella Multiplex PCR Solution for Simultaneous Detection of Three Salmonella Targets in One Rapid Test is Now Certified by AFNOR

New Salmonella Multiplex PCR Solution for Simultaneous Detection of Three Salmonella Targets in One Rapid Test is Now Certified by AFNOR Real-Time PCR workflow gains NF VALIDATION by AFNOR Certification for rapid and simultaneous detection of Salmonella species, Salmonella Typhimurium and Salmonella Enteritidis BASINGSTOKE, England, March 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Laboratories performing tests for poultry producers... Read more