Press Release: Romer Lab, launched two new test kits for gluten

About Romer Labs:

Romer Labs, founded in Washington, MO, in 1982, is a leader in diagnostic solutions for food and feed safety. It develops, manufacturers and markets test kits for food allergens, mycotoxins, veterinary drug residues and other food contaminants. The company also operates four accredited full-service laboratories on three continents. Romer Labs has facilities in Austria, Brazil, China, Malaysia, Singapore, UK and the USA. For more than 30 years, Romer Labs has been a trusted partner for the food and feed industry worldwide.

Romer Labs, a food-safety diagnostic company, has launched two new test kits for gluten, thereby expanding its product portfolio for food allergens. The AgraStrip® Gluten G12 is a lateral flow device for onsite factory testing and the AgraQuant® Gluten G12 is an ELISA for quantitative testing in the laboratory. Romer Labs is showcasing the new products, along with their complete product range, at the 2012 Food Safety Summit taking place April 17-19, 2012 in Washington DC. The company is especially proud to announce an educational session featuring world renowned gluten-expert, Dr. Alessio Fasano during the summit. He will give a presentation on celiac disease and gluten sensitivity and the importance of testing for gluten in food products.

The brand-new test kits use Romer Labs proprietary gluten detection technology, which employs a next generation antibody, called G12. The method represents a quantum leap in gluten detection as it targets the most immunotoxic proteins for those intolerant to gluten. This approach should be considered to be closer to the ideal of a food safety test as it establishes the important link between celiac disease and the detection of the immunotoxic peptides in food. The G12 antibody is also more reliable for processed food such as cookies or baby food, as it determines the pathogenic component of the sample, independently to what grade the ingredients have been modified during the manufacturing process.

The AgraStrip® Gluten G12 kit has an adjustable cut-off level for qualitative screening at either: 5 ppm, 10 ppm or 20 ppm gluten while the AgraQuant® Gluten G12 ELISA quantitates levels of gluten between 4 and 200 ppm. Both kits will improve gluten detection, supporting controls and labeling.

For further information, contact:

Erica Welker
Food Safety Sales Manager
Romer Labs, Inc.
+1 636-744-3303
erica.welker@romerlabs.com

Chopin Technologies the company offers products and services to the cereal industries

CHOPIN Technologies, Tripette & Renaud subsidiary, is specialised in methods and equipment for the quality control of cereals, flours, and their by-products. The company offers products and services to cereal industries needing to carry out analyses to satisfy operational requirements and current regulations and to meet customer specifications.

CHOPIN Technologies operates a Quality Management System which complies with the requirements of ISO 9001 : 2000 standard.

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Extrusion as a food and feed processing instrument at ExtruAfrica 2012

The Centre of Excellence in Advanced Manufacturing (CoE) of the North-West University’s (NWU) Potchefstroom Campus at the Protea Hotel Kruger Gate in Mpumalanga, South Africa will be presented at an international conference and practical training seminar week on extrusion technology applied in food and feed manufacturing. The ExtruAfrica 2012 conference from July 31 to August 3 2012. The topic is: A global perspective on food and feed extrusion for Africa.

The key presenter will be Dr Mian Riaz from the Food Protein R&D Centre at the Texas A&M University in the US and co-presenters are Prof LJ Grobler, head of the CoE at the NWU and Danie Vorster, technical manager at the NWU’s CoE. Further keynote presenters at the conference and training seminar will be Norman Mokoena, member of the Executive Council responsible for Economic Development, Environment and Tourism, Mpumalanga Provincial Government; and Prof Herman van Schalkwyk, well-known agricultural economist and rector at the NWU’s Potchefstroom Campus. Read more ...

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United States main supplier of South Korean corn in 2011

The United States according to Byong Ryol Min, US Grains Council director in South Korea supplied 77.6 percent of Korea's corn imports in 2011.  Korea's total 2011 imports of feed grains and substitutes, including feed wheat, tapioca and lupine seed, decreased 7.7 percent  compared to 2010. “The decline we're seeing in mixed feed consumption is a reflection of diminishing livestock numbers as a result of the foot-and-mouth outbreak earlier in the year,” Min explained. Read more ...

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NGO's get criticised by the President of Indonesia

The Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has used a regular formal address to the Diplomatic Corps in Jakarta to remind other governments how strongly the Indonesian Government supports the palm oil industry. Leading developed country donors (the US, the UK, the EC and the Netherlands) are major funders of non-governmental organisation (NGO) anti-palm oil campaigns in Southeast Asia.

Palm Oil industry

In a speech to Indonesian ambassadors and diplomats, Yudhoyono urged embassies to counter the increasing pressure from environmental NGOs on nations and companies to boycott Indonesian palm oil. This was a coded message to the embassies to reduce their support to environmental NGOs in question (principally WWF, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and the US-based Rainforest Action Network). Read more ...

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The third International Fresenius Conference "Feed" February 13 to 14, 2012

Labels on food and feed products are controversial and misinterpreted, and its usually the claim on the labels that are sometime wrong or misleading. The correct use of claims is a complex area. Which statements are legitimate? How can claims be covered? And which (additional) information has to be part of the label? The third International Fresenius Conference "Feed" from February 13 to 14, 2012 in Cologne (Germany) dealt with these and other questions regarding feed production, research and sales.

Karin Bosshammer und Hendrik Ermen (North Rhine Westphalia State Agency for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection, LANUV NRW, Germany) introduced the most important legal circumstances for the use of feed claims. Objective, understandable and revisable information on product labels would be necessary for the consumer, the experts pointed out. The verifiability of products by authorities could thereby only be assured through scientific evidence which proves the effectiveness of the product. Read more ...

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IPACK-IMA 2012 the leading trade show in Europe

The pavilion

Milan, March 5, 2012 - Saturday marked the last day of IPACK-IMA, the three-yearly exhibition of machinery, technology and materials for processing, packaging and material handling. Once more, the event established its role as the leading trade show in Europe: 60 percent of visitors came from the Old Continent and there was a remarkable increase in international high-profile buyers from emerging countries (40 percent) having strong decision-making power. Such outstanding results were brought about by carefully targeting specific visitor groups through the 9 main business communities created by IPACK-IMA.

Total visitors exceeded 54,000; 25 percent were from outside of Italy and particularly from Asia, Africa and the Americas. “The fieramilano exhibition halls hosted 1,300 companies, 35 percent of which from 35 countries around the world. The atmosphere was optimistic – says Ipack-Ima Spa CEO Guido Corbella. “Exhibitors’ high satisfaction rates result from the massive flow of international visitors, who exceeded all expectations in terms of qualification and professionalism”. “What we are most proud of – adds Corbella – is to have enabled our exhibitors to get ample return on their participation investment and establish important business partnerships. 
Ipack-Ima enjoys excellent health and significantly contributes to boosting our clients’ business.”

Perendale publishers stand

 Our member of staff Tuti Tan attended this event, and what a successful event it proved to be. Tuti met many of our current advertisers and explored opportunities with potential customers as well. Surprisingly, the show drew in many readers and some contributors who came by to give us complimentary remarks on our publications. It's this feedback that tells us our publications are getting stronger each day, and competing to be the most up to date in the sectors of industry we serve. And it is after all, all about those who read our content! We exist to provide relevant and timely content to readers no-matter where they are. We provide a comprehensive outlook that links them readily to websites and product information by utilising up-to-the-minute online digital distribution systems that no other publisher does. If you want to know what's happening in our industry from news to technical information to book reviews and events such as this one then look no further than Perendale publications.

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