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AB SCIEX addresses food safety issues in Asia

10 Jul 2020 · 3 min

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In this video, a representative from AB SCIEX explains the recent food safety crisis in Taiwan where the plasticizer DEHP was found in clouding agents used in juices, jellies, and yogurt powders. The Taiwan health authority needed a rapid detection method to protect public health. AB SCIEX partnered with scientists to develop a mass‑spectrometry‑based test that was released on the same day the new standard was announced. The speaker contrasts this solution with traditional GC‑MS, highlighting that GC‑MS requires complex sample preparation and long cycle times, whereas AB SCIEX’s Q‑Trap, MRM‑3D, and the newly introduced Select Ion technologies deliver fast, simple, and highly accurate results within minutes. The company positions this approach as the most precise food‑testing standard currently available.

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Recently, there's a rising concern on food safety again. And as we all know, Taiwan actually just discovered this type of plasticizer called DEHP was added into the clouding agent. And this clouding agent is commonly used in food juices, jellies, yogurt mix powders. And, you know, the health authority in Taiwan was really searching for a solution that can quickly identify the contaminants and then being able to protect the public health. And ABCIEX, being a leader in mass spec, And we constantly search and develop new methods to protect the consumers, and especially in the area of food safety testing. And we partner with scientists on this specific case and develop the solution very, very quickly. And when Taiwan Health Authority announced the standard, we launched the test method on the same day. And it will really help the industry and the scientists to be able to utilize that method solution straight away for the contaminant identification. Traditionally, food testing was done by GC-MS techniques, and the problem with that is the sample preparation is very difficult, test cycle time is long, and ABCIEX offers really a breakthrough in the mass spec technology, and we are able to utilize our Q-Trap and MRM-3D capability. We managed to provide fast, simple, and the most accurate solutions within minutes, comparing to the hours and or even days of the cycle time traditional techniques took. And with the latest introduction of Select Ion, and we push the limit of ion selection to a different level, and we believe that's going to offer the highest possible accurate food testing standard available in the market.