by Steven Perez | May 26, 2010 | Analytical Testing News & Updates | ADPEN Laboratories, Food Safety Links
In September 2008, China found that milk powder, milk, yogurt and infant formula had been adulterated (contaminated) with melamine. Nearly 53,000 illnesses, over 12,800 hospitalizations and several infant deaths caused by kidney stones and renal failure have been...
by Steven Perez | May 9, 2010 | Analytical Testing News & Updates | ADPEN Laboratories, Food Safety Links
ADPEN provides analysis results at a faster rate for Fluoroquinolones. Fluoroquinolones are a subgroup of the quinolone antibiotics that were discovered within the last decades. These are employed against almost all bacterial infections, particularly against urinary...
by Steven Perez | May 9, 2010 | Analytical Testing News & Updates | ADPEN Laboratories, Food Safety Links
US FDA is concerned with the presence of acrylamide in fried starchy foods which may be hazardous to your health. Acrylamide is a neurotoxin in humans, a known carcinogen in rats and a probable carcinogen in humans. Highest levels found in potato chips, about 1200...