To
address the increasing demand to reliably check for critical amounts of
residual pesticides in foods, feed additives and veterinary drugs Shimadzu is
releasing the company's GC/MS Method Package Ver. 2 for Residual Pesticides in
Foods.
The
new analysis package has been developed to improve the speed and efficiency of
using GC/MS technology to analyze as many as 800 different residual pesticides
by providing simpler inspection methods and batch analysis of multiple
component samples. The method package covers almost all pesticides that
can be analyzed by GC/MS technologies.
Shimadzu's GC/MS Method Package Ver. 2 for Residual Pesticides in Foods has been
exclusively tailored for use with Shimadzu's GCMS-QP2010 series of instruments
which include the high performance GCMS-QP2010 Ultra that is capable of rapidly
pumping down to enable qualitative analysis within 10 to 15 minutes while
achieving fast scan times of 20,000 amu/sec.
The
new method package, which supports GCMS Solution Ver. 2.60, features a CD-ROM that
contains method files which have been pre-registered with optimized analytical
conditions, compound information, including retention indices, report format
files, tuning files and an identification support tool. The package also
includes an instruction manual and glass inserts (pack of 5).
The
GC/MS identification support tool helps to overcome the influence of
contamination of matrices in actual sample analysis or erroneous identification
caused by retention time shift. The tool, which enables identification results
to be displayed in order from components having the highest potential to exist,
runs linked with GCMS Solution, enabling identification results to be carefully
studied while viewing the chromatogram. Because the retention indices of
all compounds are pre-registered, GCMS Solution's AART (Automatic Adjustment of
Retention Time) function allows retention times to be easily corrected for
easier and smoother analysis.
The
simple to install method files contained in the package are pre-registered with
optimized analytical conditions and compound information which allows users to
quickly start analysis of multiple component samples with the minimum of fuss. The method files are registered with all
of the various pesticide standard reagents that are commercially available as
well as with all compound information included in the current pesticide
libraries of Shimadzu Corporation. All the pesticides that can be
analyzed by GC/MS in accordance with the Positive List System are covered
extensively.
"Provision
of effective simultaneous analysis methods has become an urgent issue following
the advent of the Positive List System," said Alan Northage, Shimadzu UK's GC/GCMS
Business Manager. "By combining Shimadzu's new GC/MS Method Package Ver.
2 for Residual Pesticides in Foods with the company's LC/MS/MS method packages,
target components for batch analysis as laid down by the Positive List System
can now be comprehensively covered with a ‘Ready to Use Method' in a single
package".
For more information visit
www.shimadzu.co.uk
About Shimadzu
Shimadzu is a world leader in the
design and manufacture of products and services within a broad range of fields
including bioresearch. The company's commitment to the philosophy of
"contributing to Society through Science and Technology" forms its common managing
concept throughout the world: "Solutions for Science since 1875".
Instruments for analysis and measurement in industry and research,
environmental testing and other bio-related equipment, and semi-conductor and
media related equipment and software services are within Shimadzu's portfolio.
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