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ADPEN Laboratories featured in Tecan Journal

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ADPEN Laboratories was featured in the Tecan Journal 3/2013 under the Mass Spectroscopy section. The article entitled “Meeting the demands of Mass Spectroscopy sample preparation” discusses ADPEN’s use of the Tecan Freedom Evo 100 robotic liquid handler. The Evo is used as part of ADPEN’s high throughput strategy for sample preparation. ADPEN ran many method trials to test the system’s robustness and validate the platform, successfully demonstrating that automation on the Freedom EVO was as good as, or better than, manual procedures.

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U.S. Gulf Shrimp Benefiting from PR Push

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A fisherman holds shrimp caught along the gulf coast
A fisherman holds shrimp caught along the gulf coast
The oil spill may be cleaned up in the Gulf following the BP disaster at the Deepwater Horizon platform, but those involved in the wild shrimp industry are still struggling to put questions about the safety of the seafood from that region to rest.

Florida was one of several states impacted by the oil spill and was on the receiving end of BP funds for testing and marketing its seafood. Martin May, management review specialist for the Florida Bureau of Seafood and Aquaculture Marketing in Tallahassee, says the state received $10 million from BP to test Gulf seafood and another $10 million for marketing. In the past, Florida marketed wild shrimp separately, but under its latest program all wild seafood is marketed together. “It’s in the vein of a rising tide floats all boats,” explains May. [Read more…]

Olive Oil, Milk, Honey Among Food Ingredients Most Vulnerable to Fraud, Says USP Database

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Olive Oil, milk, honey, saffron, orange juice, coffee, and apple juice are the top seven food ingredients subject to economically motivated adulteration, according to a food-fraud database created by the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP; Rockville, MD).

USP says the database is the first known public database of its kind to compile reports on food fraud and economically motivated adulteration in food. The database also contains records of analytical detection methods used to detect adulterants.
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China Still Struggling To Manage Food Safety

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Despite a string of initiatives on food safety promised by Beijing policymakers, China’s latest seafood-safety mess looks worryingly familiar.

Shrimp injected with a translucent glue-like gelatin was initially spotted by a consumer in Tianjin in September 2009, whose blogging on the issue drew little national notice.
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FDA Won’t Ban BPA in Food Packaging

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FDA has rejected a petition from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to ban the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging, according to Plastics Today.

BPA is used in a variety of food and beverage packaging. In recent years, several countries have banned its use in children’s food packaging. France recently announced that it will ban BPA in all food contact packaging by 2014.
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