Articles - Analytical QA

A key initiative to disseminate information and a platform to test food, train food business operators, and spread awareness to all stakeholders in the food supply chain.   Introduction   The World Food Safety Day theme of “Safe food today for a healthy tomorrow” highlights the importance of producing and consuming safe food f [...]

There is a temptation - and a risk - to externalizing internal activities like laboratory diagnostics. Is an internal lab always necessary? Is an external lab always better? The answer lies somewhere in between.          Introduction   Monitoring processes for product composition, for process control and variability, o [...]

Simple devices that can be operated by non-laboratory staff are sufficiently accurate for identifying suspected non-compliant food batches. This kind of smart sampling can replace random sampling and make way for more efficient food fraud and safety controls.     The food industry goes to great lengths to ensure the safety and quality of [...]

Spotlight on a young, fast-growing network: Tentamus Group.TENTAMUS GROUP KEY FIGURESENTAMUS GROUP KEY FIGURESFounded in: 2011Present in: 19 countriesNumber of laboratories: more than 65Revenues (2019): not providedEmployees: 3 000Food companies outsource most of their analytical controls. Apart from antibiotics in milk and mycotoxins in grains (da [...]