Food and Beverage Analysis – Webinars and Online Events

With the recent COVID-19 pandemic, quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was adopted rapidly into clinical and point-of-care testing laboratories enabling prompt diagnostics, treatment and surveillance. qPCR remains the go-to method for microbial detection in areas including clinical, agricultural, veterinary and food safety diagnostics.

The polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) is firmly established as the method of choice for the detection of microbial agents in the areas of clinical, veterinary and agricultural diagnostics and food safety. The current pandemic has highlighted the critical importance of local, fast and specific testing for SARS-CoV-2. It should also act as a wake-up call for the threat posed by infectious diseases spreading because of climate change, increasing antibiotic resistance and the hazard of zoonotic transfer caused by human encroachment of animal habitats. We are working on new tests, protocol and reagents to achieve faster molecular diagnostic testing both for both laboratory based and POC applications. Our target of delivering a diagnostic test result within five minutes of sampling has the potential to lead to a paradigm shift in our approach to detecting and classifying microbial pathogens in preparation for the inevitable next pandemic

Speaking at the Advances in Food & Beverage Analysis, Daniel McMillan from SCIEX delivered his talk on how the ZenoTOF 7600 system can aid in advancements in food and environmental testing.

Speaking at the Advances in Food & Beverage Analysis 2022, Thermo Fisher Scientific's Brian Matlock delivered his talk on UV-Vis spectroscopy and the techniques used in the analysis.

Kevin McKernan, CSO at Medicinal Genomics will be joining us to discuss genetic variation in the Psilocybe cubensis synthesis pathway and the design of qPCR assays for simultaneous quantification of E. coli and Salmonella species contamination concurrent with Psilocybe cubensis species identification.

As the commercial cannabis industry grows, so do the types of products available. The variety of cannabis products requiring pesticide and mycotoxin testing provides unique challenges for analytical chemists. In this webinar, we will discuss some of the common issues faced when performing pesticide and mycotoxin testing and strategies to overcome these problems.

Legalization of medical and recreational cannabis and hemp has led to an expansion of potency testing needs.

Returning for its fifth year, the annual cannabis science and testing online symposium will include talks from cannabis and hemp analysis experts from around the world. Key topics will include heavy metals, regulatory requirements, sampling challenges and the future of testing.

In this presentation, Morgan Boyle, Lead Microbiologist and Cannabis Science Consultant will discuss the current status of microbial testing requirements and the need for testing standardization throughout the U.S.

Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) is an inexpensive and mature elemental analysis technique used in thousands of laboratories. Food laboratories use AAS to analyze a diverse range of foods for nutritional and/or safety purposes.