NZ AND CHINA GET CLOSER 'GOLD STANDARD' ANTIBIOTIC TESTING FOR MILK & MILK PRODUCTS AsureQuality is now offering the DelvoTest®SP-NT for the detection of antibiotics in milk and milk products. This is the leading test method for milk antibiotic residues globally, and screens for all major groups of antibiotics. Talk to us today T. 0508 00 11 22 www.asurequality.com 22 APRIL 2017 Choose the test that gives you: · Detection of the broadest spectrum of antibiotic residues · Exceptional repeatability and accuracy · Faster TATs due to higher throughput and rapid screening · MPI approved DelvoTest®SP-NT is validated according to the international standard ISO/DIS 13969 IDF 183. AFNOR & AOAC certified. GLOBAL EXPERTS IN FOOD SAFETY AND QUALITY. FT230 NEW PATHOGEN TESTING METHOD FOR SALMONELLA AND LISTERIA Following the recent discontinuation and subsequent withdrawal of TECRA from the market, AsureQuality will now be using the SOLUS SCIENTIFIC ELISA kits as replacement technology for Salmonella and Listeria testing. Manufactured in the United Kingdom to world-class quality standards, Solus Scientific technology is robust and proven. All Solus Pathogen ELISA tests have AOAC and AFNOR approval. AsureQuality has gained IANZ accreditation for the use of Solus Salmonella and Solus Listeria at its Auckland laboratory, and the Christchurch laboratory is in the final phase of accreditation. Both laboratories will commence using the new testing method in April 2017. MICROBIOLOGY A Collaboration Arrangement has been signed in Beijing with the Nutrition and Health Research Institute (NHRI) within the China Oils and Foodstuffs Corporation (COFCO), and with the College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering (CFSNE) of China Agriculture University (CAU). The parties will explore opportunities to work together formally in the name of a ‘Joint International Research Centre for Food Science’ to promote international exchange, research and productivity, with a particular focus on further enhancing a China/New Zealand relationship. AgResearch chief executive Tom Richardson says the relationship with such influential institutions - from the world’s most populous country with a rapidly expanding middle class - opens up a host of opportunities for AgResearch, and agriculture and agribusiness in New Zealand. “We are fortunate to have world-class scientists in New Zealand. Being able to reach out and work with some of the best scientists elsewhere in the world bolsters what we are doing, and what we can offer to enhance industry here. Some of the key research areas where AgResearch expects to work closely with COFCO and CAU are food science, processing, food assurance and safety, and human nutrition.” AgResearch intends to form a joint international research centre with China’s largest state–owned food company and largest university research department specialising in food science and nutrition.
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