At the recent combined 2
nd Asian & Oceanic Mass Spectrometry Conference (AOMSC) and the 8
th
Annual Meeting of the Korean Society for Mass Spectrometry (KSMS) in
Busan, Korea, Bruker announced that the Korean National Agricultural
Products Quality Management Service (NAQS) has ordered 6 Bruker
triple-quadrupole GC-MS systems for pesticide residue analysis and
general monitoring of agricultural products.
With
an Experimental Research Institute in Seoul and multiple branch offices
throughout South Korea, NAQS has selected Bruker to install the
triple-quadrupole GC-MS systems in each of its local laboratories for
detection and monitoring of more than 220 pesticide residues in
agricultural products. NAQS aims to develop enhanced food testing
analytical approaches for Korean agriculture through the collection of
informative statistical data for agricultural business, policy making
and academic research. To do so most effectively, NAQS is currently
upgrading its portfolio of analytical instrumentation and certification
protocols to ensure that highest quality standards can be applied.
Accurate
and reliable screening for the presence of pesticides in food is a
major analytical challenge. The increasing number of pesticides poses
special analytical challenges with several hundred different pesticides
requiring identification and quantitation. Bruker has pioneered
high-performance triple-quadrupole GC-MS systems for lower detection
limits, higher specificity and greater reliability in gas chromatography
mass spectrometry (GC-MS) food analysis. Recently, Bruker introduced
the new
SCION triple-quadrupole GC-MS as the
new performance leader to accelerate the adoption of easy-to-use,
affordable and robust triple-quadrupole technology as the new analytical
gold standard for GC-MS. At KSMS/AOMSC in Busan, the novel
SCION technology will be presented to the Korean and Asia Pacific scientific communities.
"Supporting
the global food testing market with the most advanced analytical
instruments is a major objective for Bruker," said Collin D'Silva,
President of Bruker's Chemical & Applied Markets (CAM) division.
"The decision by NAQS to utilize Bruker triple-quadrupole GC-MS systems
will significantly enhance their analytical capabilities and help make a
difference in ensuring a safe food supply."
For more information and accelerated knowledge-sharing in the global food testing community, please visit
www.globalfoodtesting.com For more information on GC, GC-MS and GC-MS/MS systems from Bruker, please visit:
www.bdal.com/products/gc-ms
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