New Test for Melamine

Bruker Daltonics, a unit of Billerica-based Bruker Corp., released an ion trap solution that food safety laboratories can use for the detection and quantification of melamine and cyanuric acid. The five minute method developed by Bruker Daltonics' food safety development laboratory in Australia is an "easy-to-use and cost-effective method for the extraction, detection, and quantification of melamine and CA" and offers many operational advantages over traditional testing methods, the company said.

Press Release: Bruker Daltonics Introduces Sensitive, Five Minute Melamine Food Safety Testing Solution Based on Robust and Cost-Effective HCT™ Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry 12/18/2008