Mycotoxins Testing

Mycotoxins Testing

Achieve reliable qualitative and quantitative detection of mycotoxins to help minimize the costly consequences of contamination and verify regulatory compliance with Waters complete workflows for mycotoxins testing. Waters robust solutions help mitigate contaminant risks before impacting processing or finished product quality and safety.

Achieve reliable qualitative and quantitative detection of mycotoxins to help minimize the costly consequences of contamination and verify regulatory compliance with Waters complete workflows for mycotoxins testing. Waters robust solutions help mitigate contaminant risks before impacting processing or finished product quality and safety.
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Assess the presence of natural toxins in raw agricultural commodities, food ingredients, finished products, and shellfish, to verify compliance with global regulatory limits using Waters and VICAM natural toxin testing solutions.
Assess the presence of natural toxins in raw agricultural commodities, food ingredients, finished products, and shellfish, to verify compliance with global regulatory limits using Waters and VICAM natural toxin testing solutions.

Overview

Mycotoxins are secondary metabolites of naturally occurring, soil-borne fungi. Regulated in more than 77 countries due to serious risks to human and animal health, mycotoxins appear during crop cultivation, raw materials storage, food or feed processing, and may move undetected into finished products destined for supermarket shelves.

Waters and VICAM mycotoxin monitoring solutions enable food manufacturers and testing laboratories to quickly:

  • Assess inbound raw materials quality

  • Monitor finished processed products 

  • Verify compliance with global regulatory limits

Perform reliable, qualitative and quantitative detection of key mycotoxins and minimize the costly consequences of mycotoxin contamination with Waters mycotoxin testing solutions.

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Applications

Mycotoxins testing has become increasingly challenging, in part due to more restrictive regulations. Laboratories need reliable mycotoxins testing solutions for a diverse range of agricultural commodities and food ingredients classes. Learn how Waters analytical solutions maximize operational efficiency and support compliance with quality results in these application notes.

Mycotoxins testing has become increasingly challenging, in part due to more restrictive regulations. Laboratories need reliable mycotoxins testing solutions for a diverse range of agricultural commodities and food ingredients classes. Learn how Waters analytical solutions maximize operational efficiency and support compliance with quality results in these application notes.

Application Notes

Application Notebook: Mycotoxins and Other Natural Toxins Testing

Naturally occurring toxins in food and water can have both short-term and long-term adverse effects on human and animal health. As global food supply chains expand and concerns about foodborne illnesses rise, the need for efficient and accurate toxin testing methods becomes critical. Learn about mycotoxins, plant toxins, marine biotoxins, and freshwater biotoxins with this application notebook.

Naturally occurring toxins in food and water can have both short-term and long-term adverse effects on human and animal health. As global food supply chains expand and concerns about foodborne illnesses rise, the need for efficient and accurate toxin testing methods becomes critical. Learn about mycotoxins, plant toxins, marine biotoxins, and freshwater biotoxins with this application notebook.
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Solutions

With Waters systems, characterize mycotoxins in less time and with greater confidence.

With Waters systems, characterize mycotoxins in less time and with greater confidence.

Absolute performance for lowering regulatory limits 

Absolute performance for lowering regulatory limits 
Xevo TQ Absolute

Achieve and maintain high performance and productivity with significantly increased sensitivity for negative ionizing compounds with the Xevo TQ Absolute, our compact, sustainable tandem quadrupole mass spectrometer.

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Defining compact performance - robust sensitivity beyond expectation

Defining compact performance - robust sensitivity beyond expectation
Xevo TQ-S micro Tandem Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer 

Achieve robust MS sensitivity with the Xevo TQ-S micro, a compact tandem (triple) quadrupole mass spectrometer with reliable performance, a wide dynamic range, and high data acquisition rates.

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The next evolution in separation science is here

The next evolution in separation science is here
ACQUITY Premier System

Minimize metal-sensitive analyte loss and improve recovery with the ACQUITY Premier System to maximize the sensitivity, repeatability, and robustness of your LC and LC-MS applications.

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Complex chromatography challenges, solved

Complex chromatography challenges, solved
ACQUITY UPLC I-Class PLUS System

Improve your resolving power, lower your system volume, and achieve the tallest, sharpest peaks with the ACQUITY UPLC I-Class PLUS System for LC-MS/MS workflows to maximize the sensitivity of your methods, enhance the characterization of your samples, and improve your productivity.

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Performance that advances your lab

Performance that advances your lab
ACQUITY UPLC H-Class PLUS System

Get the flexibility of quaternary or binary solvent blending with the advanced performance of UHPLC analysis with the ACQUITY UPLC H-Class PLUS System with UV, PDA and FDR detection capabilities to decrease time to result and increase the depth of information from your sample.

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Highly reliable, low complexity, accurate routine analysis for all

Highly reliable, low complexity, accurate routine analysis for all
Arc HPLC System

Easily replicate and improve the performance of your existing LC methods without compromising data quality with the Arc HPLC System with optical detection capabilities that delivers the ideal balance of performance and value for right-the-first-time analysis.

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Synonymous with sensitivity, stability, and usability

Synonymous with sensitivity, stability, and usability
Chromatography Detectors

Obtain additional analytical detail about your samples, fulfilling multiple detection strategy requirements with Waters UPLC/UHPLC and HPLC, and modular LC systems.

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Compliance-ready, networkable applications-based software to streamline LC-MS data acquisition, processing, and reporting.

Compliance-ready, networkable applications-based software to streamline LC-MS data acquisition, processing, and reporting.

A powerful suite of solutions

A powerful suite of solutions
Informatics & Software

Accelerate your digital journey with Waters scalable suite of lab management software and data informatics for managing and executing workflows to confidently make critical decisions.

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The future of quantitation is here

The future of quantitation is here
waters_connect for Quantitation

Reduce time spent on data review by up to 50% with waters_connect for Quantitation and process large sample batches using workflows that speed up your method development process to convert data into results in a traceable and secure manner. 

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Market-leading flexibility and versatility for all applications

Market-leading flexibility and versatility for all applications
MassLynx Mass Spectrometry Software

Better leverage your mass spectrometry system and harness real-time intelligence for mycotoxin analysis with MassLynx Software, the ideal platform for acquiring, analyzing, managing, and sharing mass spectrometry information.

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Quality consumables to support your success.

Quality consumables to support your success.

Proven sample preparation tools for your LC/MS analysis

Proven sample preparation tools for your LC/MS analysis
Sample Preparation

Simplify sample preparation with Waters sample preparation solutions for quantitative analysis and deliver samples that are reproducible, yield high recovery, and are free of interferences.

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Maximize lab efficiency with fewer failed assays and lower instrument downtime

Maximize lab efficiency with fewer failed assays and lower instrument downtime
Standard & Certified HPLC Sample Vials

Ensure your vials meet and maintain specified levels of cleanliness, glass surface properties, controlled pH shifts and adsorptive losses with Waters Certified vials that are quality controlled via a multi-step certification process from batch to batch and vial to vial.

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Ultimate selectivity from effective clean-up

Ultimate selectivity from effective clean-up
Immunoaffinity Column Clean-up Solutions

The combination of clean-up using immunoaffinity chromatography columns, based on antibodies, and analysis by HPLC with fluorescence detection has been a pre-requisite step to achieve the desired sensitivity and selectivity and has been successfully used as a cost-effective way to check compliance with the regulatory limits for aflatoxins.

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Eliminate guesswork about results

Eliminate guesswork about results
Quantitative Strip Tests

Minimize the costly consequences of mycotoxin contamination with VICAM's portfolio of quantitative strip tests, used in conjunction with the VICAM Vertu TOUCH Lateral Flow Reader, and provide validated monitoring solutions. Utilizing the proven sensitivity and selectivity of VICAM’s monoclonal antibodies, quantitative strip tests can accurately detect and measure a variety of mycotoxins in less than 5 minutes. The tests can be easily performed on-site or in the lab, require no special training and have a long shelf life.

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Achieve testing efficiencies and accurate results using streamlined Waters services and support.

Achieve testing efficiencies and accurate results using streamlined Waters services and support.

Your success is just a click away

Your success is just a click away
Waters Global Services

Optimize your laboratory's productivity and success with Waters Global Services. Maintain peak system performance, minimize downtime, address application challenges, and support stringent compliance requirements.

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Make science more accessible

Make science more accessible
Payment Solutions

Maximize resources and minimize risk with payment options from Waters Capital, including upgrading aging equipment, getting customized support, and bundling services into one monthly payment.

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Productivity up. Costs? Way down.​

Productivity up. Costs? Way down.​
FlexCHOICE mySystem Coverage

Protect your Waters LC or LC-MS system investment and ensure optimum productivity and compliance with the range of plans in FlexCHOICE Instrument Service Coverage.

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The data speaks for itself

The data speaks for itself
UPLC chromatograms from analysis of milk before (above) and after spiking with 0.005 µg/kg AFM1 (below).
Elution order and representative chromatogram of the tested mycotoxins (matrix-matched standard on wheat extract).
Matrix-matched calibration curves and residual plots for aflatoxin B1 and ochratoxin A.
Typical calibration graphs for several regulated mycotoxins (internally standardized).

Webinars and Resources

  • eBook

An Overview of Testing for Mycotoxins and Plant Toxins in Food Using LC-MS/MS

An Overview of Testing for Mycotoxins and Plant Toxins in Food Using LC-MS/MS
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Mycotoxins Detection From Farm to Lab

Mycotoxins Detection From Farm to Lab
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  • White Paper

Advancing Peanut Industry Goals: The Value of Fit-for-Purpose Aflatoxin Testing

Advancing Peanut Industry Goals: The Value of Fit-for-Purpose Aflatoxin Testing
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  • White Paper

Carryover in UPLC Methods: The Case-Study of Fumonisin B2

Carryover in UPLC Methods: The Case-Study of Fumonisin B2
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  • White Paper

The Need for Speed: All-in-One Extraction Method Opens the Way to Faster Time-to-Results for Food and Feed Industry Stakeholders

The Need for Speed: All-in-One Extraction Method Opens the Way to Faster Time-to-Results for Food and Feed Industry Stakeholders
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  • White Paper

The Role of Key Breakthroughs in Aflatoxin M1 Testing in the Growth and Profitability of the Dairy Industry

The Role of Key Breakthroughs in Aflatoxin M1 Testing in the Growth and Profitability of the Dairy Industry
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  • White Paper

The Value of Proactive Mycotoxin Prevention in the Age of the Food Safety Modernization Act

The Value of Proactive Mycotoxin Prevention in the Age of the Food Safety Modernization Act
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  • White Paper

How Appropriate Clean-Up Can Improve the Robustness of an LC-MS/MS Method for the Determination of Multiple Mycotoxins in a Range of Food Matrices

How Appropriate Clean-Up Can Improve the Robustness of an LC-MS/MS Method for the Determination of Multiple Mycotoxins in a Range of Food Matrices
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Assess the presence of natural toxins in raw agricultural commodities, food ingredients, finished products, and shellfish, to verify compliance with global regulatory limits using Waters and VICAM natural toxin testing solutions.

Learn more about Mycotoxins Testing Solutions.

Learn more about Mycotoxins Testing Solutions.
Assess the presence of natural toxins in raw agricultural commodities, food ingredients, finished products, and shellfish, to verify compliance with global regulatory limits using Waters and VICAM natural toxin testing solutions.
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