Bruker Daltonics Introduces Sensitive, Five Minute Melamine Food Safety Testing Solution Based on Robust & Cost-Effective HCT...

  
    
  
  
    
      Bruker Daltonics today has released a robust, fast and highly sensitive 
      high-capacity ion trap HCT™ solution for the detection and 
      quantification of melamine and cyanuric acid (CA) by food safety 
      laboratories.
    
    
      Since September 2008, thousands of infants and young children in China 
      have been hospitalized to treat the symptoms caused by the ingestion of 
      melamine and CA contaminated infant formula and related dairy products. 
      Previously in 2007, pet food, animal feed wheat gluten and other 
      protein-based foods were found to contain residues of melamine and CA.
    
    
      A five minute, accurate LC-MS/MS analysis method has been developed by 
      Bruker Daltonics’ food safety development laboratory in Australia. This 
      robust, easy-to-use and cost-effective method for the extraction, 
      detection and quantification of melamine and CA uses the speed, 
      sensitivity and excellent quantitative capabilities of the high-capacity 
      ion-trap mass spectrometer HCTultraTM, 
      hyphenated with a Dionex UltiMateTM 3000 LC system and AcclaimTM 
      Mixed-Mode WAX-1 column. The method is capable of detecting melamine in 
      various matrixes well below the concentrations required by various food 
      safety and other regulatory authorities around the world, such as the 
      limits set by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of 1 ppm for 
      melamine and cyanuric acid in infant formula, and 2.5 ppm for other 
      foods.
    
    
      Dr. Matthias Pelzing, Asia-Pacific Applications Manager for Bruker 
      Daltonics, explained: “We recommend LC-MS/MS methods due to their 
      straight-forward sample preparation, compared to GC-MS methods which 
      often require sample derivatisation. With our new routine analysis 
      method we have demonstrated that melamine can be detected down to trace 
      levels of 0.05 ppb, and that it is possible to quantify melamine at 
      concentrations relevant to various international food authorities in 5 
      minutes.”
    
    
      Mr. Clive Seymour, Executive Vice President of Bruker Daltonics, 
      commented: “Due to its robustness, ease of use, small footprint and 
      lower cost, our HCT ion trap-based solution offers significant practical 
      and operational advantages over traditional triple-quad MRM approaches. 
      In addition, the superior full scan sensitivity of our unique HCT ion 
      trap technology offers not only outstanding detection limits for 
      melamine and CA, but also the option of full-scan identification of 
      other unknown, new or modified food contaminants with superior 
      sensitivity.”
    
    
      The new Bruker Application Note # LCMS-49 on melamine and CA analysis is 
      available in English, Chinese, Korean, Thai and Japanese, and can be 
      down-loaded at www.bdal.com.
    
    
      UltiMate and Acclaim are registered trademarks of Dionex Corporation.
    
    
      For more information about Bruker Daltonics and Bruker Corporation 
      (NASDAQ: BRKR), please visit www.bdal.com 
      and www.bruker.com.