2006, Volume X, Issue 1Industry NewsWaters Corporation, a leading global supplier of ultra
performance and high performance liquid chromatography (LC),
mass spectrometry, thermal analysis, and rheology products and
services, has acquired the food safety technology business of
VICAM. The coupling ofWaters’detection and separation
capabilities with the complementary strengths of VICAM reflects
the growing market demand for a total mycotoxin testing solution.
With VICAM’s proprietary immunoassay products and network
of specialized distributors added to the Waters’ technology
line,
scientists and the food industry will gain wider access to the
integrated set of advanced tools –test kits, sample preparation
techniques, method protocols, analytical columns,
instrumentation, and software–needed to meet today’s
increasingly stringent food safety regulations. In the current
global regulatory environment, the accuracy of testing methods
is crucial. To win approval by regulatory bodies such as the
Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC), a test must
meet established performance criteria for limits of detection,
recovery, and precision. LC analysis of test samples extracted and
purified with immunoaffinity columns ensures the sensitivity,
recovery, repeatability, and reproducibility required of analytical
measurements to help meet worldwide regulatory limits.
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