Thermo Fisher Scientific LC-MS/MS solution used to detect melamine

摘要

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the avail-bility of a method to detect melamine and cyanuric acid in food matrices. The method uses Thermo Scientific instrumentation for liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) systems, and is published in the U.S. FDA's Laboratory Information Bulletin No. 4396, May 2007. Melamine is an industrial chemical used in the manufacturing of plastics, flame retardants and other products. Recent news coverage about the presence of melamine in infant formula, cookies and candy has once again raised public concern about the chemical in the food supply chain for both animals and humans.This latest finding comes roughly one year after the announced presence of melaminernand cyanuric acid in pet food.