A4A2019 Pitch: F&S Scientific -- Exhibitor
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This document discusses food quality and safety testing solutions provided by F&S Scientific, including for mycotoxins like aflatoxin. F&S Scientific aims to make Africa cleaner, safer and healthier by partnering with leading scientific brands to provide testing and analysis solutions across many industries. They support customers through the entire process from choosing solutions to installation, training, maintenance and warranty. The document focuses on why testing for aflatoxin is important due to regulations, health and economic impacts. It outlines the "farm to fork" supply chain where contamination can occur and limitations of sight, smell and taste for ensuring food safety. Lateral flow and ELISA are presented as the main testing platforms to assess aflatoxin contamination
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- 1. FOOD QUALITY & SAFETY TESTING SOLUTIONS 1st Aflasafe for Africa Conference Rachel W. Lilies Product Manager Analytical Science November 2019
- 2. Presentation Agenda Motivation Question: What is our role in Aflatoxin Management ? ? F&S Introduction Mycotoxin Re-cap Our Solution
- 3. Introducing F&S Scientific Our is mission is to assist our customers in making Africa Cleaner, Safer and Healthier We partner with leading scientific brands from around to provide solutions for testing & analysis 22 Brands Food Quality & Safety Analytical Science Life Science Clinical Diagnostics General Lab Equipment Industrial Process Solutions 6 Divisions Our solutions serve customers across numerous industries and sectors; from life science research and medical laboratories to manufacturing and petroleum industry 30 Sectors F&S has over 30 years experience of providing laboratory equipment and consumables in Kenya and East Africa 30 Years
- 4. FQS Products FOOD SAFETY • Mycotoxin Testing • Microbial Testing FOOD QUALITY • Proximate Analysis • Moisture Analysis • Fortification Analysis
- 5. Our Brands
- 6. General Lab Equipment Food Quality & Safety Analytical Science Life Science Clinical Diagnostics General Lab Equipment Industrial Process Solutions • Chemicals, Salts and Reagents • Water Purification Systems • Biosafety Cabinets • Pipettes and tips • Centrifuges • Incubators & shakers • Ultra-low freezers
- 7. Analytical Science Food Quality & Safety Analytical Science Life Science Clinical Diagnostics General Lab Equipment Industrial Process Solutions • Mycotoxin Testing • Rapid Microbial Testing • Hygiene & Sanitation • Potentiometric Titration • pH measurement • Protein Analysis • Fat Analysis • Fibre Analysis • Temperature and Humidity monitoring
- 8. A variety of specialised solutions!
- 9. How F&S Can Help We support our customers all the way through the process…………….. From choosing the right solution, to getting the most out of it. • Consultancy and Workflow solutions • Installation • Training • Maintenance and support • Warranty
- 10. Why are Mycotoxins a concern? HEALTH ISSUES ECONOMIC IMPACT
- 11. Why Test for Aflatoxin? REGULATIONS Total Aflatoxin limit: 10 ppb SOCIAL & MORAL RESPONSIBILITY Health issues and the resulting economic impact
- 12. Why Test for Aflatoxin? REGULATIONS Total Aflatoxin limit: 10 ppb SOCIAL & MORAL RESPONSIBILITY Health issues and the resulting economic impact COST!!!
- 13. Why Test for Aflatoxin? REGULATIONS Total Aflatoxin limit: 10 ppb SOCIAL & MORAL RESPONSIBILITY Health issues and the resulting economic impact COST!!! • Penalties & fines • Contamination of good batch • Decontamination efforts • Low yield • Brand and reputation
- 14. “Farm to fork” Supply Chain FARMING Storage Farming HANDLING Storage Transport PROCESSING Milling Storage RETAILING Shelfing Distribution CONSUMER Cleanliness Temperature Humidity Sorting Ventilation Processing practices Disposal Temperature Humidity Hygiene Cooking Storing “A chain is only as strong as its weakest link”
- 15. “Farm to fork” Supply Chain FARMING Storage Farming HANDLING Storage Transport PROCESSING Milling Storage RETAILING Shelfing Distribution CONSUMER Cleanliness Temperature Humidity Sorting Ventilation Processing practices Disposal Temperature Humidity Hygiene Cooking Storing WHERE THINGS CAN GO WRONG…
- 16. Don’t count on these to test for food safety! SIGHT SMELL TASTE
- 17. What is our Solution? Testing is the only way to Assess Aflatoxin Contamination!!!!
- 19. Testing Principles Sample Preparation Sample Extraction Incubation Result Interpretation For all the testing platforms the main steps are more or less the same!
- 20. Lateral Flow • Lateral Flow Immunochromatography is a rapid assay in the test strip format. FEATURE BENEFIT • Simple protocol Easy to use • Aflatoxin detection range = 2 – 150 ppb Low and high range detection ability • Very short method Rapid tests (results in 6 minutes) • ONE test at a time Ideal for low throughput or intermittent testing • Room temperature storage Reduces storage costs & time to equilibrate kits to room temp. • Room temperature incubation Lower initial cost to set up, no incubator • Ethanol/Water extraction Simple & safe • Raptor Reader Unique easy-to-use colour touch screen reader. • Raptor Data Manger software Traceability & data storage • Low % CVs across the range Reproducible & repeatable results • Neogen product Dependability: one of the market leaders in Mycotoxins testing
- 21. ELISA • Uses Antibodies/Antigen binding & Colour Change to measure the concentration of a substance FEATURE BENEFIT • Simple protocol Relatively easy to use • Aflatoxin detection range = 1 – 50 ppb Low and high range detection ability • Short method Fairly rapid tests (results in 15 minutes) • Batch testing Ideal for running several tests at the same time • Refrigerated storage • Room temperature incubation Lower initial cost to set up, no incubator • Methanol/Water extraction Simple & safe • Stat-Fax Reader Easy-to-use colour touch screen reader. • Veratox Data Manger software Traceability & data storage
- 22. A quick comparison Lateral Flow ELISA • Quantitative Test strips • Quantitative Microwell tests • 6 minutes to results • 15 minutes to results • 2-150 ppb (Afla) • 5-50 ppb (Afla) • Room temperature incubation • Room temperature incubation • Storage at room temperature • Storage at 2-8°C • Single sample analysis • Batch analysis • Field & Lab Application • Lab Application • Low lab proficiency required • Moderate lab proficiency required