ABI協助中國檢測奶制品中的三聚氰胺污染

      ABI公司（隸屬于生命科技公司）最近宣布中國政府和兩大主要的食品制造商都采購了它的質譜系統用于食品分析，以檢測食品中是否含有三聚氰胺。

      乳制品中的三聚氰胺污染經媒體報道后，引起了國內外的廣泛關注。超過94,000嬰幼兒因食用問題奶粉而導致泌尿系統異常。中國正采取一系列措施，其中包括提高食品安全測試水平。

      三聚氰胺是一種用于制造玻璃和肥料的化學品，其分子中含有大量的N元素，有時被非法添加到食品和飼料中，從而提高食品和飼料檢測中蛋白質的表觀含量。已知的是，三聚氰胺會引起人類和動物的泌尿系統異常，因此在食品加工行業被禁用。

      中國政府和產業界正在采取措施，通過提高實驗室的檢測水準，來保證廣泛的食品和動物飼料產品安全，其中要求實驗室采用先進的實驗室儀器，對三聚氰胺和其它污染物進行精確的鑒定。

      國家質量監督檢驗檢疫總局以及兩家乳制品制造商——山西古城乳業集團和廣東雅士利集團正在建立食品安全的最高標準。這些機構最近購買了5臺API 3200質譜系統，它能掃描、檢測并測量多種食品污染物的含量。這些系統不僅靈敏度高、選擇性好，還能為實驗室分析提供可靠的結果，實現快速的檢測，并最終加強食品安全法規的貫徹實施。

      生命科技公司的總裁和首席執行官Greg Lucier認為：“生命科技公司的愿景就是，在全球應用我們的科技來改善人類的環境。最近在與中國衛生部部長陳竺會面時，我表達了我們的愿望。所有ABI和Invitrogen的產品都時刻準備著，來支持中國政府進行食品安全檢測。我們承諾將和政府部門和產業界一起工作，應用生物技術來迎接社會最關鍵的挑戰。”

      AB SCIEX質譜系統最近的發展，增強了系統的網絡功能、定制軟件和測試方法，針對中國的應用特殊開發。這些解決方案已被應用于中國各地的進出口檢驗檢疫部門，合同實驗室（CROs）和食品企業。

     三聚氰胺污染的問題已經不僅僅限于中國，許多國家都已經發生了類似的問題，包括感恩節前夕爆出的美國嬰兒配方奶粉中含有微量三聚氰胺。這使得美國FDA新規定了配方奶粉中的三聚氰胺1 ppm的安全限量值。ABI/MDS聯合生產的質譜系統，包括AB SCIEX 5500系統和API 3200系統，都能夠檢測最低水平的三聚氰胺。

      生命科技公司質譜部的總裁Laura Lauman表示：“食品安全是全世界政府機構和產業界最重視的問題之一。AB SCIEX質譜解決方案在協助中國、美國和其它國家，確保其食品生產的上下游安全中，發揮了關鍵的作用。”

      ABI通過與MDS分析技術公司合資，成為質譜行業的市場領頭羊。更多信息，請訪問：www.appliedbiosystems.com

關于生命科技公司

        生命科技公司（納斯達克股票代碼：LIFE）是一家致力于改善人類環境的全球生物技術公司。我們的儀器、耗材和服務能讓研究者加速科學探索與開發，讓生命變得更美好。我們的客戶在生物學領域努力工作，不斷加速個性化藥物、再生科學、分子診斷、農業和環境研究，以及21世紀的法醫鑒定。2008年公司銷售額超過35億，全球雇員達9500人，分布在100多個國家，并擁有3600多項知識產權ZL及專有許可證。生命科技公司由Invitrogen公司和應用生物系統公司合并而成。更多信息，請訪問我們的網站：www.lifetechnologies.com

本網收錄相關產品：

API 3200三重四極桿液質聯用儀

3200 Qtrap 四極桿-線性阱雜交質譜儀

QTRAP5500 四極桿-線性阱雜交質譜儀

參考英文原文：

Applied Biosystems – Part of Life Technologies – Helps China Respond to Melamine Contamination in Dairy Products

December 2, 2008

Applied Biosystems, part of Life Technologies Corporation LIFE, a provider of innovative life science research and discovery solutions, today announced that the Chinese government and two leading food manufacturers are implementing its mass spectrometry-based technologies for food analysis as part of efforts to identify and contain the spread of melamine in the food supply.

Melamine contamination in dairy products is getting widespread attention following recent media reports of outbreaks in China and other countries. More than 94,000 infants and young children have beentreatedfor health issues related to tainted infant formula and other products. China is responding to this issue with a series of actions that include increased food safety testing.

Melamine is a synthetic substance generally used in making plastics and fertilizer. The nitrogen-rich molecule is sometimes illegally added to consumer and animal food products in order to increase their apparent protein content. Melamine is known to cause renal and urinary problems in humans and animals; therefore, its use in food production is universally banned.

The Chinese government and industry are taking action to protect a broad range of food products and animal feed through enhanced testing procedures that require laboratory instrumentation capable of precise identification of melamine and other contaminants.

The Chinese General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and two dairy manufacturers – Shanxi Gucheng and Yashili Dairy Company – are leading the efforts to establish the highest standards of food safety. These organizations recently deployed five API 3200? mass spectrometry systems, which scan, identify and measure the quantity of various food contaminants. These systems deliver high sensitivity, selectivity, high speed and reliability of results in laboratory analysis, enabling rapid detection and ultimately stronger enforcement of food safety regulations.

“Life Technologies’ vision is to apply our depth of scientific technologies throughout the global community to help improve the human condition,” said Greg Lucier, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Life Technologies. “In a recent meeting with the Chinese Minister of Health, Dr. Zhu Chen, I conveyed our readiness to use the full spectrum of Applied Biosystems and Invitrogen-branded solutions in support of the Chinese government’s efforts in food safety testing initiatives. We are committed to working with governments and industry to address some of society’s most critical challenges through the application of biology.”

These recent deployments of AB SCIEX mass spectrometry systems expand a growing network of systems, specialized software and test methods, developed specifically for China. These solutions are being utilized by the government at various branches of the China Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureaus, contract testing laboratories and food manufacturers.

The issue of melamine contamination has not been limited to China. Incidents have been reported in a number of countries, including its recent discovery in trace amounts in infant formula in the United States. This has led to a new U.S. Food and Drug Administration threshold of 1 part per million of melamine for infant formula to be considered safe for consumption. Applied Biosystems/MDS Analytical Technologies’ mass spectrometry systems, including the AB SCIEX 5500 systems and the API 3200 system, are capable of identifying melamine at the lowest possible levels of detection.

“Food safety is one of the most important issues for government agencies and industry around the world,” said Laura Lauman, President of Life Technologies’ mass spectrometry systems division. “AB SCIEX mass spectrometry solutions are playing a critical role in helping China and other countries, including the United States, to ensure the safety of food being produced for consumption inside their borders and abroad.”

Applied Biosystems is a market leader in mass spectrometry solutions through its joint venture with MDS Analytical Technologies. For more information, please visit: www.appliedbiosystems.com.

About Life Technologies

Life Technologies Corporation LIFE is a global biotechnology tools company dedicated to improving the human condition. Our systems, consumables and services enable researchers to accelerate scientific exploration, driving to discoveries and developments that make life even better. Life Technologies customers do their work across the biological spectrum, working to advance personalized medicine, regenerative science, molecular diagnostics, agricultural and environmental research, and 21st century forensics. The company had sales of more than $3.5 billion in 2008, employs 9,500 people, has a presence in more than 100 countries, and possesses a rapidly growing intellectual property estate of over 3,600 patents and exclusive licenses. Life Technologies was created by the combination of Invitrogen Corporation and Applied Biosystems Inc. For more information on how we are making a difference please visit our website: www.lifetechnologies.com.