Mycotoxin

Mycotoxin

LabSPACE Africa, an independent company, offers services for local and international researchers from South Africa. You can use our space for research space and space to archive long-term samples, as well spaces in our climate units for stability assessments. Our goal is to cut down on equipment costs, laboratory overheads as well as operational costs to enhance research efficiency and cost-effective.

LabSPACE runs its own analytical chemical services. It provides laboratory and office space to industry, academic and private researchers while having access to all of our analytical equipment and general analytical tools to aid in the process of generating samples to reports.

We are looking to construct LabSPACE Africa facilities in South Africa that give our customers and us a competitive advantages in various research areas.

LabSPACE is available to customers who wish to collaborate or lease space in a lab. LabSPACE offers competitive prices that allows them to run their own labs at a fraction of costs associated with a traditional laboratory.

Laboratory space can be used for compliance-based services and operations that relate to the local regulatory, the safety of staff and treatment of chemical and biological waste.

Contact us for space at our facility, or to assist you with the processes involved in setting up your own space.

EQUIPMENT

Private sector labs face expensive and risky equipment purchases. LabSPACE Africa has partnered with leading companies for analytical equipment. Equipment are available with the necessary analytical support in our Midrand facilities. Equipment can also be put on lease at our client's facility for a specific project, making sure that the budget of our clients does not be squandered on equipment which are used only occasionally or only once. All equipment is maintained and maintained by trained staff, and copies of maintenance records are available after the end of a project.

Present grant applications could delay projects due to academic institutions being in a position to not acquire costly equipment. LabSPACE Africa will accelerate this process and help researchers determine the most appropriate option for their requirements prior to committing, or even simply using the equipment on lease or in our facilities.

Mycotoxin analysis

Mycotoxin
Climatic chambers

Climatic chambers

CONSUMABLES

LabSPACE Africa has been granted a strategic alliance with AXIOLOGY Labs. AXIOLOGY Labs will manage consumable storage facilities at all of our labs and the items that are available can be provided within hours to our clients in our laboratories which eliminates the expense of having stock available.

Mass spectrometry

EXPERTISE

LabSPACE Africa prides itself on an unique mix of knowledge from science through to Regulatory Compliance. This together with our wide network of advisory Scientists as well as suppliers makes it possible for LabSPACE Africa to provide advice on demand.

The following topics are covered:

  • Consulting, discussing and tailoring methods to the needs of the client
  • Contribution to regulation and accreditation.
  • Assistance in obtaining permits, registration and/or accreditation.

LabSPACE Africa provides support and assistance with various regulations. Assistance with Quality Management Systems (ISO /IEC 1435 / ISO 15189 / ISO 17025 and the GCLP).

Mass spectrometry
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AnalySIS

LabSPACE Africa provides a fully-equipped sample preparation facility that comprises SPE stations as well as ultrasonic baths. We provide a full range of pharmaceutical testing with the following methods:

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

LabSPACE Africa offers additional services that include stability tests, moisture analysis, and assessment of physical properties, such as hardness and thickness.

FTIR (fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy)

TRAINING

Our clients who sign up will be invited for regular sessions of training on the particular technologies that we employ or on regulatory guidelines like GCP, GLP, GCLP, GMP ISO15189, ISO17025 and ISO13485. Training will be conducted by industry experts and individuals registered with regulatory bodies.

Mass spectrometry
Melamine

BIOBANKING

Biological samples are the foundation of research and clinical trials. Samples from backup trials or research samples are often kept for future analysis, and the preservation of these samples is vital for further study or analysis. LabSPACE Africa offers long-term storage units that are able to be kept in a variety of temperatures (5degC, -20degC, -80degC, and 160degC). Once samples are received by LabSPACE African, they are labeled using cryo stickers, then placed in the standard (2ml) cryo boxes and then transferred into our cloud-based LIMS. Beyond Wireless remotely monitors temperature and supplies backup power.

Melamine

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