zNose® Detects Melamine in Milk Powder in Record Time
November 12 2008 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Electronic Sensor Technology (EST) (OTCBB:ESNR), a leading provider
of innovative homeland security and environmental solutions,
announced it has developed a procedure for detecting melamine in
milk powder using the fast zNose�. Dr. Teong Lim, Chairman and CEO,
reports that a method for detecting and measuring melamine without
the need to derivatize or modify the sample has been created.
Current cost per sample range around $120 in the US to $145 in
China. The FDA method (Bulletin No. 4423) requires 85 minutes of
preparation before the 20 minute GC-MS run. Even the fast-screen
method (LC/MS) takes 14.5 minutes after sample preparation. EST�s
method does not require this preparation time and can do a sample
run in less than 3 minutes. This significant savings in time will
reduce sample testing costs by using the zNose� as a prescreening
tool. Only samples that indicate melamine are subjected to the
costly testing methods. The presence of melamine in milk powder has
been linked to over 53,000 infant illnesses and 4 infant deaths as
well as pet food problems and egg contamination. The use of
melamine to cheat the nutrition tests has been a practice in many
areas and there is no way to contain the contamination without the
use of detection tests. Reducing the time and costs of the test
with the use of the zNose� could help save infants from illness and
more. For more information visit EST�s website:
http://www.estcal.com Founded in 1995, Electronic Sensor Technology
has developed and patented a chemical vapor analysis process with
applications for the homeland security and environment markets. SEC
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