Start-to-Finish Workflows Designed to Increase Productivity for Pesticide Residue Testing

The Thermo Scientific Pesticide Explorer Collection is a set of LC-MS solutions specifically tailored to fit the needs of laboratories performing routine quantitation, targeted screening and non-targeted analysis of pesticide residues in food matrices.

The Thermo Scientific Pesticide Explorer Collection is a set of LC-MS solutions specifically tailored to fit the needs of laboratories performing routine quantitation, targeted screening and non-targeted analysis of pesticide residues in food matrices. Each solution contains all of the components needed to simplify the routine monitoring of pesticides, including a pre-configured and -tested set of consumables, hardware, software and built-in instrument and data processing methods.

Four pre-configured factory-tested solutions are available in the Pesticide Explorer Collection to meet standard and high-resolution screening and quantitation needs. Each configuration includes a liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry system, the Thermo Scientific QuEChERS sample extraction kit, HPLC columns, and proven multi-class pesticide residue analysis data acquisition and processing methods using the Thermo Scientific TraceFinder software. The software also allows laboratories to generate quantitative and qualitative reports for easy review and regulatory reporting.

For routine, targeted testing of pesticides, Thermo Scientific Pesticide Explorer Collection Standard Quantitation and Premier Quantitation packages include triple quadrupole mass spectrometers and validated workflows for quick and easy set-up and execution. For basic quantitation and robust performance, the Standard Quantitation option includes the Thermo Scientific TSQ Endura triple quadrupole MS, while the Premier Quantitation package offers higher sensitivity quantitation and performance provided by the Thermo Scientific TSQ Quantiva triple quadrupole MS.

For laboratories offering specialised analytical services requiring HRAM sensitivity, the Orbitrap HRAM Quantitation and Orbitrap HRAM Screening and Quantitation packages include the Thermo Scientific Q Exactive Focus MS, which enables scientists to generate data for highly sensitive and selective quantitation as well as for in-depth screening. These packages also include a built-in HRAM Spectral Library and Compound Database designed specifically for food safety and environmental analyses using HRAM instruments.

The Orbitrap HRAM Screening and Quantitation package is a complete solution for unknown screening and identification, and also includes Thermo Scientific SIEVE software for differential analysis and Thermo Scientific Compound Discoverer software for identification of the degradents and metabolites of known target compounds.