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Dated: 1 November 2008
Agilent Technologies has created a specialized training program in October to address the recent melamine crisis in China. The four-day training program covers melaminetesting methods using new, specialized sample-preparation components on gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer (GC/ MS), liquid chromatograph (LC), and liquid chromatograph/ triple quadrupole mass spectrometer (LC/MS/MS) instruments. A spokesperson for Agilent says the initial demand that came within days of the outbreak in China was for instruments and sample-preparation materials. Sample preparation uses a solid-phase extraction method in which contaminants are isolated from food samples prior to analysis. Agilent scientists worked with Chinese chemists to develop the sample preparation method needed to separate melamine from dairy products. Melamine is an organic chemical commonly used in plastics and fertilizers. It can be added to milk and other food products to create a false increase in the measurement of protein content. Melamine was recently the cause for the widespread occurrence of kidney stones and cases of kidney failure in China.
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(6 January 2009)
JMAR Technologies, an innovator in the development and commercialization of sensing systems for the detection of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive materials...
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(31 December 2008)
A new IBM study revealed that concern over food safety has dramatically increased in markets around the world. It shows that over the last two years in China, distrust with food re...
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(30 December 2008)
Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety (CFS) has released the latest batch of results of melamine tests. The results showed that all 88 samples tested were satisfactory. These included...
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(11 December 2008)
The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) has applauded the leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum for launching the APEC Partnership Training Institute Ne...
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(1 December 2008)
Thermo Fisher Scientific says it has launched a program focused on assisting government and commercial food testing laboratories in the development and implementation of methods fo...
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(5 November 2008)
MDS Analytical Technologies announced that the Abraxis Melamine Detection Kit has been validated for use on MDS Analytical Technologies’ SpectraMax absorbance microplate readers wi...
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(3 November 2008)
The Asia Business Forum will hold the Food Additives Conference from November 12 and 14 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Singapore. Key topics of the conference include: *Give your...
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(3 November 2008)
Hong Kong’s Centre for Food Safety (CFS) has released the latest batch of results of melamine tests on Oct 30, 2008. The results showed that all 72 samples tested were satisfactory...
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Russia's X5 Retail Group has agreed to buy 100 per cent of OOO Agrotorg-Rostov - a franchisee of the group's Pyaterochka chain in the Rostov region - for RUB 400 mln (EUR 10 mln). The sum includes refinancing of debt owed to B.I.N.BANK and trade accounts payable to suppliers and employees.
Rewe is further establishing itself in Russia with the opening of its first Selgros Cash & Carry market in Kotelniki, in the greater Moscow area. It will offer an extensive assortment of food and non-food products at wholesale prices 24 hours per day on more than 10,000 square meters of selling space.
Lidl is stepping up its expansion plans in the UK. In an interview with The Times, Martin Bailie the company's regional director for the Midlands, said that the group expects to open a further 50 stores in 2009. This comes on top of the 49 opened in 2008, which brought the total to 505.
Saigon Co.op, a leading grocery retailer in Vietnam, is set to open a chain of small-scale food outlets in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). The Co.op Food outlets will be located in densely populated zones and will sell fresh food and vegetables, according to a report in Vietnam Business Finance.
Russia's largest grocery group, X5 Retail, has signed a deal with A5 pharmacy chain, one of Russia’s leading pharmacy retailers. The partnership agreement grants A5 preemptive rights to rent space adjacent to X5’s food retail stores at commercial market rates, at properties owned or leased by X5.
Wal-Mart has announced it will launch a tender to acquire all the issued and outstanding shares and American Depositary Shares of the Chilean company, Distribución y Servicio D&S S.A.(DYS), giving it a major foothold in the South American country.
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