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Sustainability Report

Sustainability is a key part of our strategy/values -this already since the foundation of the company in 1984. It is deeply anchored in our business activities and investment decision-making. Our commitment goes far beyond compliance with legal requirements. We are convinced that a careful use of resources is key to our long-term success. Consequently, we live a very sustainable culture in our company, which shapes the decisions and behavior of our employees.

Advantages of automated and miniaturized µ-SPE clean-up in pesticides residues analysis

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Advantages of automated and miniaturized µ-SPE clean-up in pesticides residues analysis

Recent developments in pesticides analysis extend the well-established methods to higher productivity and reliability while minimizing consumption and exposition to harmful chemicals. A workflow was developed that allows automatic preparation of calibration standards, automatic sample dilution, and automatic clean-up of sample extracts on one instrument, showing that miniaturized automated solutions are reducing errors, improving analytical consistency and protecting the environment in one convenient approach.

Presented by:

Thomi Preiswerk, Senior Account Manager, CTC Analytics AG

Gwen Lim , Specialist for automated sample preparation, CTC Analytics

Ederina Ninga, Postdoc, Research Group for Analytical Food Chemistry, Danish Technical University

Solid phase microextraction (SPME) - How does it work for my samples?

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Solid phase microextraction (SPME) - How does it work for my samples?

This webinar offers a close insight into the operation and latest developments of automated SPME for VOCs and SVOCs by headspace, direct immersion and derivatization techniques. Key applications for food, water, environmental and forensic samples for use in every laboratory for GC-MS and LC-MS, also direct MS analysis are discussed.

Presented by:
Hans-Joachim Huebschmann, PhD

Analysis of flavors, pesticides, and biomarkers directly from complex food matrix using the automated Vacuum In-Tube Extraction (V-ITEX)

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Analysis of flavors, pesticides, and biomarkers directly from complex food matrix using the automated Vacuum In-Tube Extraction (V-ITEX)

Extraction of volatile compounds is a widely used approach for analysis of foods and beverages. By the nature of gas phase sampling, the limiting factor for polar analytes are given by low vapor pressure or higher boiling points of semi-volatile compounds. These limitations can be overcome by sampling at decreased pressure levels using vacuum conditions. This has been shown in several publications using vacuum sampling techniques. In this study, a fully automated approach of Vacuum In-Tube Extraction (V-ITEX) is presented, a simple and fully automated technique using PAL system autosamplers. The application examples include flavors, fragrances, off-flavors, pesticides and biomarkers by extractions directly from the food sample matrix, such as Honey, Bee Wax, Cheese, Onions, Blood and Urine.

Presented by:

Pascal Fuchsmann, Head of Flavor Analytics Agroscope

Stefan Cretnik, Product Manager CTC Analytics AG

Flavor and Off-Flavor Analysis using Solid Phase Microextraction

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Flavor and Off-Flavor Analysis using Solid Phase Microextraction

Solid Phase Micro-Extraction (SPME) is widely used for chemical analysis of foods, beverages and food contact materials. As an automated technique, the SPME applications are selected for their simplicity, throughput and extraction efficiency. As a solvent-free extraction, it is gains even more importance today as a green analytic technique. Besides the traditional SPME Fiber, the new SPME Arrow is enhancing trace level sensitivity at high mechanical robustness. With these features, this presentation will give insight on SPME analysis in coffee, wine and off-flavors.

Presented by:

Erich Leitner, Graz University of Technology Institute of Analytical Chemistry and Food Chemistry

Stefan Cretnik, PhD, Product Manager, CTC Analytics AG

Characterization of the New PAL Micro-SPE Cartridge for Pesticides Extract Clean-up

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Characterization of the New PAL Micro-SPE Cartridge for Pesticides Extract Clean-up

Since more than ten years micro-SPE (µSPE) emerged as a micromethod for sample preparation and clean-up in food safety, proteomics, forensic, environmental and analysis. Applications are wide-ranging and cover drugs, environmental contaminants, and, in particular, the QuEChERS extract cleanup in multiresidue pesticide analysis. The automation of the µSPE sample preparation steps led to the desired increase in sample throughput, unification of the used sorbent materials for food commodities, and the potential for the online hyphenation with GC-MS and LC-MS instrumentation.