Randox Food Diagnostics Reliable Food Safety Screening

Ractopamine was first developed as a treatment for asthma but was never approved according to Consumer Reports. Research later uncovered that when added to animal feed prior to slaughter, ractopamine could increase meat leanness or weight. However, ractopamine is currently banned or resisted in more than 160 nations, including Russia and all EU countries.

Randox Food Diagnostics has announced it is showcasing advancements in antibiotic and pesticide testing at the 45th Apimondia International Apiculture conference.

The honey industry is quickly becoming an extremely 'buzzy' marketplace. Producers want to ensure that their product meets the industry standards for safety and quality.

Randox Food Diagnostics has provided a new test for fructose and glucose content for Argentinian honey producers.

Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and its presence in honey has been firmly embedded into the product's overall quality legislation, exemplified by honey standards of the Codex Alimentarius.

Climate change has been widely reported to be the driving force behind emerging food and feed safety issues worldwide.

Honey is a natural commodity and consumers expect it to be pure and uncontaminated.

Jockey Club Racecourses announced that Randox Health will become the new official partner of the world's greatest race, the Grand National, and the three-day Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse, in a five-year deal from April 2017.

Ergot alkaloids have existed as long as crops have been grown, although recognition of the detrimental effects the mycotoxin has on feed and affected animals were not fully explored until recent times.

Randox Food will be attending RAFA 2015 as an exhibitor at booth #44.

Food safety is virtually impossible for the consumer to actively assess in the supermarket aisle.

Randox Food Diagnostics and Swiss Quality Testing Services (SQTS) are using the latest technology to yield the best in quality and safety analysis.

Mycotoxins are a group of naturally occurring toxins produced by fungi, commonly known as moulds, which are harmful to humans, domestic animals and livestock.

Humans are inherently a resourceful race as evidenced by many pioneering inventions, which have shaped history.

Apiculture, one of the oldest industries in the world, has undergone a steady evolution.

Randox Food Diagnostics has released a new glycerol kit for the accurate detection of polyol compound in wine samples.

Growing worldwide concern about human resistance to antibiotics is driving an increase in drug residue testing in honey products, according to Randox Food Diagnostics.

Randox Food Diagnostics has announced the first tranche of roadshows within a major series targeting the honey market this year for antibiotic screening.

Poultry processors struggling to screen accurately for Sulphonamide antibiotics could improve their quality control by testing for each specific compound.

The wait is over for egg and poultry processors seeking a workable solution to screening for Coccidiostats with the welcome news that Randox Food Diagnostics is bringing the first multi-analyte screening test to the market.

As harvest approaches wineries keen to add capacity to analysis and quality control systems have a brand new option, with Randox Food Diagnostics RX Monaco analyser now validated for use on wine.

With the August grape harvest just weeks away, growers concerned about unpredictable seasons will be able to form a more complete picture of nitrogen levels using a new test on the market.

Industry tension surrounding international trade embargoes is creating strong business opportunities for food testing companies according to market leading firm Randox Food Diagnostics. Major meat producers in the US and Brazil have experienced difficulties exporting to Chinese, Russian and European food markets.

During wine making sulphur is used as an essential additive as it plays two important roles as an anti-oxidant (prevents enzymatic browning) and anti-microbial (protects against wine spoilage) preservative in its free form.

Trifluralin has been used in agriculture since 1963 and is a selective pre-emergence dinitroanaline herbicide which is used to control grasses and broad leaf weeds in various tree fruit, nut, vegetable and grain crops.

Randox Food Diagnostics has recently released a Zilpaterol ELISA and Zilpaterol only array. Both test for the semi-quantitative determination of Zilpaterol in beef tissue samples.

Antimicrobials are used to kill or prevent the presence of bacteria or viruses that are detrimental to health. They are used in the food production industry to treat infections but also to act as a growth promoting compound.

Publicised reports of horse DNA found in processed beef burgers readily available to buy in the UK and Ireland have highlighted that there is an increased requirement to ensure that these contaminated foods do not enter the food chain.

Randox Food Diagnostics is now offering the RX Monza starter package for the wine, beverage and fermentation industries.

Randox Food Diagnostics is pleased to release the RX monaco analyser - a fully automated solution for high-quality wine testing.

Randox Food Diagnostics is pleased to announce the release of both an Avermectins biochip testing platform (EV3842) and Avermectin ELISA (AV3477).

Biochip array technology provides a testing platform that enables the simultaneous determination of multiple analytes with a single sample.

ELISA screening kits from Randox Food Diagnostics are now available for the rapid detection for a range of antimicrobial and growth promoting compounds in both milk and milk powder.

Enrofloxacin / ciprofloxacin ELISA kits are now available from Randox Food Diagnostics for the detection of growth promoting compounds within food producing animals.

The Randox Food Diagnostics Total Antioxidant Status (TAS) kit provides beverage companies with a useful tool to evaluate the phenolic content of their products by measurement of their antioxidant activity.

Beta-lactams are one of the most frequently used families of antibiotics in food producing animals. For consumer protection, maximum residue limits (MRLs) have been set to control the amount of beta-lactams (both penicillins and cephalosporins) residues present in food.

Randox Food Diagnostics is pleased to announce the release of an Anthelmintics testing platform (EV3770).