Forensic Science

Handheld Raman Spectrometer

Finder Edge ( FE ) is fast and compact Raman Spectrometer,
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Handheld Raman Analyzer

Chromatography & Mass Spectrometry Solutions

The Isotope Hunters at Eurofins (Nantes) investigate, also with isotopes, on food authenticity, to ensure consumer trust and fairer market competition. No matter the samples, wine, juice, honey, they are looking to identify adulteration and fraud in food and beverage. In this, they are using the help of isotope Fingerprints: unique chemical signatures of samples. Watch the video and discover more!

Meet the Isotope Hunters at Eurofins (Nantes)

Analytical Cannabis 

Speaking at the Analytical Cannabis Expo West Online 2021 in April, Wallace Harvey from Sartorius explored moisture content in cannabis.

Determining the moisture content of cannabis and products derived from it is critical throughout the entire manufacturing process - from harvesting to packaging of the finished product.  Water content influences a variety of factors including – product weight, active ingredient concentrations (THC), shelf life, susceptibility to contamination, flavor profiles, product consistency and more.  Excess moisture can subject cannabis and related products to a higher risk of microbial contamination, including bacteria, fungi, and various forms of yeast.  Contamination due to elevated moisture levels can thus prematurely shorten the shelf life of cannabis products. Consequently, an accurate analysis of moisture content in cannabis ensures product safety, as well as compliance with numerous state and local regulations. 

Various methods can be used to determine the moisture content. Common methods are Karl Fischer titration and the loss-on-drying method, which can be very time-consuming. 
In this study, we compare the classical oven (loss-on-drying) method with the infrared method, in which two moisture analyzers, Mark3 HP and MA160 from Sartorius, are tested with regard to analysis times and result precision as a function of both sample quantity and initial moisture content. The analysis of the results can assist those looking to optimize moisture determination in their cannabis products with regards to operating efficiencies and sample consumption. With the growing legality of cannabis and related products, the need for moisture-content analysis will surely increase. As a result, cannabis industry professionals will require easy, accurate, and fast methods of moisture analysis that can handle increasing levels of sample throughput.

Managing Influences on Moisture Content in Cannabis for Optimization of Sample Throughput, Accuracy and Precision of Results

Linking Up With

In episode 3 of Linking Up With,  Social Media Specialist and Host of Linking Up With Xandrina Allday, had the pleasure of speaking with Jack Rudd Editorial Director of Analytical Cannabis to discuss the upcoming Analytical Cannabis Expo's.

Taking place online for the second year in a row due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, our 2021 West Coast event will build on the success of the 2020 online expo by providing a trustworthy platform for the discussion on the latest developments in cannabis science. To access further information about the event or to register to attend the Analytical Cannabis Expo, you can learn more here: https://bit.ly/3dheEi2

If your company is interested in being involved in the event or sponsoring future Analytical Cannabis Expo's, you can find out more here: https://bit.ly/3cCZrZG

What is the Analytical Cannabis Expo

Teach Me in 10

This instalment of Teach Me in 10 features [url][link]https://aru.ac.uk/people/lorna-nisbet[/link][name]Dr Lorna Nisbet[/name][/url], a senior lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University. Lorna’s research interests are within the field of forensic toxicology where she specializes in the detection of new psychoactive substances that have been chemically altered to produce new types of high. She speaks candidly on prison population drug outbreaks and how her work develops ways to detect the new psychoactive substances you may in this environment and within hospital admissions. Watch Lorna’s Teach Me in 10 to discover how she is able to discover new psychoactive substances in the population and how her work links to the detection of new psychoactive substances reported to the EU each year.

Detecting Psychoactive Substances in Forensic Toxicology

Just when you thought it couldn’t be done, the Thermo Scientific Neoma MC-ICP-MS raises the bar. It creates higher precision for the same sample size. Less material is required for analysis, so less time is spent on selecting the foraminifera, and you can look at other sea floor records that contain very low amounts of specific foraminifera species.

Climate Change Research with Neoma MC-ICP-MS

For scientists whose research requires high-precision isotope ratio data in fields of cosmo- and geochemistry, geochronology and biology, nuclear safeguards, forensics, metalomics, and provenance studies, we have created a new multicollector ICP-MS. Designed and developed in Bremen, building on the strengths of our multi-collector platform with field-proven technologies such as RPQ, 10^13 ohm Amplifier Technology and Jet Interface.

Making of Neoma MC-ICP-MS

Speaking at the Analytical Cannabis Expo East Online 2020 in October , Dr Holly Johnson, Chief Science Officer of American Herbal Products Association and Dr Nandu Sarma, Director, of Dietary Supplements and Herbal Medicines
US Pharmacopeia presented an update on hemp quality standards.

Hemp and hemp-extract based ingredients are increasingly being introduced in dietary supplements, and in food and beverage products.  Products marketed as dietary supplements are required to comply with the cGMP (21CFR111) expectation of quality attributes. For hemp, this may include 1) laboratory verification of identity, including a limit to THC content as required by regulation; 2) quantitative composition and limits of naturally-occurring cannabinoids; and 3) tests to help ensure minimal exposure to contaminants such as pathogenic microorganisms, toxic elemental contaminants, mycotoxins, residual solvents and pesticide residues.  Testing laboratories need scientifically valid fit-for-purpose procedures among the numerous methods for hemp analysis published in the scientific literature. Establishing public standards as quality controls will help mitigate public health risks associated with contaminated, substandard, or adulterated products.
Science-based standards development organizations, the United States Pharmacopeia and AOAC International, have formed volunteer expert committees to evaluate the specifications and test methods necessary to define cannabis and hemp quality attributes based on plant parts and preparations. In this session, representatives from the USP and AOAC will describe the work of each organization and how they complement to contribute to the quality of hemp and hemp extracts.

Hemp Quality Standards: Perspectives and Resources from USP & AOAC

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Biosciences

Invitrogen E-Gel Precast Agarose Gels enable fast and sensitive analysis of DNA and RNA samples. Minimize time-consuming and messy prep work, running up to twice as fast as conventional handcast gels. E-Gel Precast Agarose Gels are available in a variety of agarose percentages, well formats, and throughput capacities to suit your applications.

Learn more at thermofisher.com/egels

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