Eurofins acquires LabCo

LabCo Laboratory Services (LabCo), has been acquired by Eurofins Food Testing Rotterdam .This laboratory for physicochemical and microbiological analysis located in Rotterdam will now operate under the name Eurofins LabCo.

Customers will immediately gain access to Eurofins’ wide range of services across the food and feed sector. The former LabCo has continuously worked in accordance with ISO / IEC 17025 accreditation. All other certifications are continued under the name of the legal entity Eurofins Food Testing Rotterdam. Read more ...

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World Mycotoxin Forum 2012 in Rotterdam

Rotterdam has won the bid for hosting the WMF meets IUPAC (mycotoxine) congress, which will take place from November 5 - 9, 2012 in the Beurs-WTC Congress & Event Center. Some 500 international scientists and people from the industry and government will come to Rotterdam. For the city it will have an economic value of almost €900,000 (US$1,320,974).

Enlarging awareness
WMF is short for World Mycotoxin Forum en IUPAC stands for International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. IUPAC is the umbrella union and this is one of the chemical congresses of the union. The aim of this conference is to raise awareness of health risks of mycotoxins for humans and animals. Topics discussed will be risk assessment, technologies and strategies for minimal contamination of agricultural products. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and the International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers