System Couples the ACQUITY QDa Detector with the IonSense DART Ion
Source for Rapid Molecular Fingerprinting of Foods and Food Ingredients
MILFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 2018--
Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) announced today the introduction of the Waters®
DART® QDa™ System with LiveID™, a direct-from-sample
analytical system that allows laboratories to answer questions such as:
Is the sample authentic? Has the composition of the sample changed? Is
sample quality good or bad? Featuring the LiveID
software platform, the system performs real-time sample recognition
and verifies sample authenticity or adulteration. The DART QDa System is
making its industry debut at the
Belfast
Summit on Global Food Integrity (ASSET 2018)
, May 29 - 31, in
Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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“With global trade in food growing rapidly, there is a real need for
rapid, easily- deployed measurement technologies in food laboratories
throughout the world,” said Jeff Mazzeo, Ph.D., Vice President of
Marketing, Waters Corporation. “The DART QDa System with LiveID is the
perfect system for laboratories testing for food quality and
authenticity, protecting consumers and preventing reputational damage to
food brands.”
“I’m pleased to say that real-time fingerprinting of food samples is now
within reach of every laboratory,” said Brian Musselman, President and
CEO, IonSense, Inc. “Direct-from-sample analysis enabled by DART
technology, greatly simplifies the whole process of getting fundamental
information to the scientist in the fastest way possible.”
Direct Analysis in Real Time (DART) is a direct and rapid analysis
technique for various sample types with minimal sample preparation and
no requirement for a chromatographic separation. The source directs
heated, ionized gas at the surface of the sample between DART interface
and the Waters QDa detector where the ionized molecules are detected.
The LiveID software provides the user with the capability to train and
validate multivariate statistical models using the chemical profile
obtained from the DART QDa analysis. The LiveID models can be used to
classify the identity of unknown samples generating easy-to-interpret
results in near real time and a simple yes/no answer in seconds.
A poster titled Real-Time Authentication of Food and Beverages Using
DART QDa LiveID Analysis will be presented by Sara Stead at ASSET on
May 30, 2018, from 15:00-15:30 at the Belfast Waterfront.
In June of 2017, Waters and IonSense announced a collaboration agreement
to work on joint solutions for scientific laboratories and the DART QDa
System with LiveID is the first integrated product to originate from
this collaboration. Now for food applications, the system is being
offered and fully supported by Waters including ordering, installation,
training and applications and service support. The DART QDa with LiveID
System is expected to be available to ship in July.
For more information: www.waters.com/dartqda.
About IonSense Corporation (www.ionsense.com)
IonSense was founded in 2005 to manufacture, market, sell and provide
worldwide support for direct analysis in real time (DART) sources and
associated technologies. The company has a worldwide distribution
network for sales and support.
About Waters Corporation (www.waters.com)
Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world’s leading specialty
measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry,
and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food
sciences for nearly 60 years. With approximately 7,000 employees
worldwide, Waters operates directly in 31 countries, including 15
manufacturing facilities, and with products available in more than 100
countries.
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Waters, QDa, LiveID, and ACQUITY are trademarks of Waters Corporation.
DART is a trademark of JEOL USA. IonSense is a trademark of IonSense,
Inc.
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Waters Corporation
Brian Murphy, 508-482-2614
Public Relations
Manager
brian_j_murphy@waters.com