Taiwan enhances food safety with systems from Waters

Waters Corp says the Taiwan Bureau of Food and Drug Analysis (BFDA) has purchased and installed four Waters Acquity UltraPerformance LC (UPLC) systems and nine Xevo TQ tandem quadrupole mass spectrometers to help protect local consumers and the country’s food supply by monitoring domestically-produced and imported food sold within the country.

The new instruments will be placed with regional laboratories in the country and with the Divisions of Food Chemistry and Food Microbiology to add to existing capacity and give scientists increased access to the latest analytical technology.

These laboratories develop and validate analytical methods for testing imported foods, drugs, and cosmetics for antibiotic and residual pesticides, natural toxins, carcinogens, pathogens and other contaminants and adulterants.

The agency purchased its first instruments from Waters in 2002.