Mass spectrometer

Mass spectrometry

LabSPACE Africa is an independent company that offers facilities to local and international researchers in South Africa. Facilities that are available include research space, space for archiving samples in the long run, as well as space in our climatic units for stability assessment. Our aim is to reduce equipment costs, laboratory overheads and operational expenses to enhance research efficiency and cost-effective.

LabSPACE provides its own analytical Chemistry services. It offers lab spaces, offices and access to all of our analytical and general instruments for generating samples and reports.

We want to build LabSPACE Africa facilities throughout South Africa, giving our clients and us a strategic advantage in a variety of research areas.

If you are a client looking to establish partnerships or to rent laboratory space, LabSPACE gives them access to analytic labs at a reasonable cost to run their own facilities without the costs associated with operating your own lab.

Compliant services include the inclusion of lab space in the processes that deal with safety and compliance with local regulations, and the management of chemical or biological waste.

We can help you find a space in our facility or help you through the steps of the process of setting up your own facility.

Mass spectrometer

Mass spectrometry

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Frequently Asked Questions

Mycotoxins, which are toxic substances made by mold or fungi, can be poisonous. They can be harmful to humans if they are consumed, absorbed into skin, or inhaled. Even a small amount of mycotoxin could cause serious health problems for animals or humans, and even death. Mycotoxicosis is the result of mycotoxins poisoning. This condition is likely familiar to you if your coffee contains moldy coffee.

Intoxication can result from mycotoxin contamination in cereals and other feed products, particularly in farm animals. Effective analytical tools are needed to analyze the feed for toxic fungal metabolites. The current methods include an extraction step, a clean up step to remove unwanted co-extracted matrix elements and a separation step that allows for precise detection. For most mycotoxins, quantitative methods of analysis use immunoaffinity clean up with high-performance liquidchromatography (HPLC), separation in combination with ultraviolet and/or fluorescence detection.

Food, animal feed and food additives ingredients can be tested for melamine.

Melamine screening, analysis and evaluation of food-related products:
For food, agricultural products, raw materials, and ingredients, melamine testing can be done. Intertek laboratories offer cost-effective and quick testing. The melamine testing labs can quickly receive samples.

Intertek offers melamine analysis and detection services to food and agricultural companies, retailers, importers, food manufacturers, and food processors. Laboratory analysis of processed foods, animal food, wheat gluten, rice protein concentrate, and corn gluten is what melamine testing entails. The Intertek laboratories offer the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), recommended analytical methods for melamine screening, testing and quantitative analysis using Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry(GC-MS).

Melamine analysis, detection capabilities:

  • Checking food ingredients for melamine
  • Quantifications of the levels of melamine in tainted foodstuffs and ingredients