Instrumentation used:

Inorganic Section

  • Gallery Discrete Analyzer
  • Perkin Elmer ICP-OES
  • Agilent ICP-MS
  • Seal High Resolution Digital Colorimeters (Auto Analyzers)
  • Flash EA 1112 Combustion Nitrogen Analyzer

Fat and Fiber Section

  • SoxtecTM 2050 Systems
  • ANKOMHCl Hydrolysis System
  • ANKOM XT15 Extractor
  • ANKOM 2000 Fiber Analyzer

Pesticide (Residue & Formulation) and Chemical Analysis

  • HP Gas Chromatographs (GC) with FID detectors
  • HP Gas Chromatograph with Mass Spectroscopy (GC/MS)
  • Waters Acquity UPLC/ MS with PDA UV-Vis and TQ (MS/MS) detectors
  • Agilent Gas Chromatograph with Mass Spectroscopy (GC/Triple Quadrupole MS)
  • Waters LC System with Refractive Index, PDA and Florescence detector
  • Waters LC System with PDA, Florescence and UV-Vis detectors
  • Thermo Scientific LC-Orbitrap (HRAMS)

Micro Section

  • BAX Q7 PCR unit (conventional and Real time PCR) that routinely analyzes E.coli STEC, Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella spp.
  • 3m MDS (Lamp PCR)
  • Vitek2 Compact automated biochemical based bacterial identification system
  • Biomerieux Vida
  • Biomerieux Tempo

Meat Section

  • Seal AA3 Protein Auto Analyzer
  • Soxtec 2050
  • Metrohm Titrator for analyzing salt and lime samples

General

The lab also has 3, 4 and 5 decimal place balances, centrifuges, block digestion units and CEM MARS Xpress Microwave units.

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