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R-Biopharm Rhone has 15 years experience supporting and developing
screening and quantitative test kits for the analysis mycotoxins.
Our company has a technical service department, which is second
to none, not only can we offer on the spot technical advice
but also practical training, laboratory HPLC confirmation and
method development to support our growing range of test kits.
Our sales team and our distributors are technically trained
and can offer on site technical training for ELISAs, cards and
immunoaffinity columns. They can also advise on the best methods,
equipment and test kits for specific food or feed samples or
to meet with international legislative requirements.
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With the increase of legislation
and the need to analyse a wide range of food and feeds for different
mycotoxins there has been a demand by the food industry for
test kits and methods, which provide optimum recoveries with
specific commodities. As a result, RBR have developed various
extraction methods and techniques for use with its screening
and quantitative test kits.
Methods are now available using different solvents (methanol,
acetonitrile, bicarbonate and chloroform) to optimise recoveries
for the most complex food matrices and to allow compliance of
legislation by even the most basic laboratories. To assist our
customers further, each extraction method is validated in-house
using a minimum of 6 spiked samples and the method is written
up as an application note. RBR Application notes can then be
used by customers to ensure good recoveries and % CVs with our
test kits in their own premises with their own samples.
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RBR offers a wide range of documentation
to support its products including general information sheets,
instructions for use, training manuals and presentations. In
addition RBR can advise customers on product publications, official
validations and legislation.
RBR also produce technical posters or can provide copies of
posters produced by external laboratories or food companies
offering data and information on kit performance on a wide range
of foods and feeds. RBR regularly updates its customers on food
issues, legislation and new products by sending out quarterly
newsletters, mailings and by providing a comprehensive website.
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RBR actively participates in EU
and US collaborative trials for mycotoxins and microbiology
using its screening and quantitative test kits. This helps us
to compare our tests to other methods and techniques whilst
confirming the performance and quality of our tests in a controlled
environment.
This also gives our scientists the opportunity to liaise with
our customers and to better understand their problems and needs.
RBR are also involved in project collaborations in new areas
of concern to the food industry. This enables RBR to provide
a test solution to meet future legislation saving the industry
time, effort and money.
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RBR are always on the look out for
commodities, which are naturally contaminated with mycotoxins.
This material is used for the development of new methods, new
test kits, distributor training and for the on site training
of customers.
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