Year: 2018

Trans Fat
Food

AOAC Method for Trans Fats Detection – FTIR

What is AOAC? The AOAC was established more than 130 years ago in 1884 by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Originally, it was called Association of Official Agricultural Chemists. Its name was changed to Association of Official Analytical Chemists in 1965. Since 1991, it has been known as

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Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Analyser
New equipments

Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Analyser installed in Bangalore laboratory

Total Organic Carbon (TOC)  Analyser introduced in Bangalore lab Total Organic Carbon analysis gives the amount of carbon present in the sample- both inorganic and organic. It is a popular technique for prediction of pollution levels in different types of water, such as, drinking water, lakes, rivers, industrial discharges, cooling

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GC-MSMS
New equipments

Top of line GC-MS/MS system installed in our Bangalore laboratory

Top of line GC-MS/MS system installed in our Bangalore laboratory A top of line Agilent Model 7000 GC-MS/MS system is installed and fully operational in our Bangalore laboratory. Its configuration includes a NIST library of over 300,000 compounds and a database of pesticides and environmental pollutants. GC-MS is a well

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Equipments

Monitoring facility for microbial contamination in a clean room

Observing office for microbial tainting in a spotless room Environments free of microbial contamination are an essential requirement in the manufacturing of sterile pharmaceutical products, medical devices and even in laboratories engaged in testing of microbial parameters on such products. To start with you should understand the difference between sterile

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Equipments

Perkin Elmer Spectrum II FT-IR Installed in our Delhi laboratory

FT-IR is a proven material characterization technique. The latest version Perkin Elmer Spectrum II FT-IR has been introduced recently in our Delhi laboratory. The instrument is a replacement for the earlier JASCO make FT-IR which had outlived its service life. Perkin Elmer is a renowned global manufacturer of analytical instruments

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Medicine

Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission Amendment List -001 for 2018

Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission Amendment List -001 for 2018 The 8th Edition of the Indian Pharmacopoeia will come into effect from 1 April 2018. Based on Scientific inputs some monographs required to be upgraded. Therefore the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission has published an Amendment List-001 which contains these amendments. Pharmaceutical manufacturers will

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Uncategorized

What are Naturally Occurring Toxic Substances – NOTS?

Naturally Occurring Toxic Substances (NOTS) are naturally occurring toxins that are found in certain types of foods, which may be of fungal, plant or marine origin. Fungal Toxins Fungal toxins include the following: Mushroom toxins Aflatoxins Ochratoxins Mushroom Toxins: The Death Cap Mushroom is deadly and its toxins cause 90%

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Natural & Artificial Flavours – What Do the FSSAI Regulations Say?

Flavours can be either natural or artificial. Natural and artificial flavours enhance the taste of the food to make it more appetizing. Flavoring Agents: These include flavoring substances/ extracts/preparations, which give the food its taste or odor or both. Flavoring agents are of three types. Natural Flavours and Natural Flavouring

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