Mycotoxin

Mass spectrometry

LabSPACE Africa LabSPACE Africa, an unincorporated company, provides services for local and international researchers from South Africa. Our research space and space to archive long-term samplesas well as the climate units to perform stability studies. Our aim is to lower laboratory overheads, equipment costs and operational expenses to ensure that research is executed more efficiently and efficiently.

LabSPACE provides Chemistry services. It offers lab as well as office space to industry, academic and private researchers. They also have access to our entire analytical and general analytical equipment to assist from sample generation to reports.

We'd like to create LabSPACE Africa facilities in South Africa that give our customers and ourselves a advantages in a variety of research fields.

For clients looking for a partnership or wanting to lease lab space, LabSPACE gives them access to analytical laboratories at competitive prices to operate their own facilities without the costs associated with running your own laboratory.

Compliant services are those that include the use of laboratory spaces in activities that concern safety, compliance with local regulations as well as the management of chemical or biological waste.

Contact us for a space at our facility or for assistance through the steps of creating your own space.

Equipment

Private sector labs have to deal with expensive and risky equipment purchases. LabSPACE Africa has partnered with the top companies to offer analytical equipment. Equipment is available along with the required support for analytical analysis at our Midrand facilities, but equipment could also be put on lease at our client's facility for a specific project to ensure that the budget of our clients does not end up being spent on equipment that are only used occasionally or only once. After the project is complete the equipment will be serviced and maintained by qualified personnel. A copy of the maintenance reports and other paperwork will also be available.

Academic institutions currently acquire expensive equipment through grant applications that slows their research. LabSPACE Africa will make the process easier and give researchers the chance to evaluate the best solution for them, before they make a decision or even utilize the equipment in our facilities.

Mycotoxin analysis

Melamine

CONSUMABLES

LabSPACE Africa has the strategic alliance with AXIOLOGY Labs. AXIOLOGY Labs manages consumable storage facilities in all of our laboratories. Items in stock can usually be delivered within a few hours to our clients at the labs. This eliminates the necessity for expensive stock.

Melamine
ELISA

ELISA

EXPERTISE

LabSPACE Africa is pleased to offer a unique combination of scientific and regulatory compliance expertise. This in conjunction with our vast network of advisory Scientists as well as suppliers lets LabSPACE Africa to provide consultation on request.

The areas covered are:

  • Discussing , advising and customising methods to meet the needs of the client
  • Participation in regulation and accreditation
  • Assistance with registration, permits or accreditation.

LabSPACE Africa provides support and guidance on a variety of regulatory guidelines. Assistance in the implementation of Quality Management Systems (ISO /IEC 1435 ; ISO /IEC 15189; ISO /IEC 17025 & GLP)

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AnalySIS

LabSPACE Africa includes an all-inclusive lab that can prepare samples, which include SPE stations including ultrasonic baths and Dissolutions apparatus, and sample dryers. We provide comprehensive testing for pharmaceuticals with the following methods:

  • HPLC
  • UPLC using dual MS/PDA
  • ICP-MS
  • FTIR Sensor

LabSPACE Africa provides additional services, such as moisture analysis, stability testing, and analysis of physical properties such as thickness and hardness.

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Biobanking
Biobanking

TRAINING

Regular training sessions will be provided to clients who register with us for specific technology within our units and on regulatory guidelines such as GCP, GLP ISO15189, ISO17025, ISO13485. Industry experts and individuals registered with regulatory bodies will offer instruction.

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BIOBANKING

Biological samples are the basis of research and clinical trials. Research samples and backup trial samples are stored often for future analysis. It is important to keep these samples safe for future research or for to be reanalyzed. LabSPACE Africa offers long-term storage units that can be stored at different temperatures (5degC, -20degC, -80degC and 160degC). Once they arrive at our facility, samples are marked with cryo labels and stored in regular (2ml) cryo containers, and then entered into our cloud-based LIMS. Monitoring of the units is constantly conducted by Beyond Wireless remote temperature monitoring system and backup power as well as contingency planning are in place.

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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
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