Improving QC Processes, Procedures And Analytical Efficiency In Food, Pharmaceutical And Cosmetics Production
How next generation technologies and techniques help improve performance and efficiency while reducing costs.
Where & When
Chicago, IL November 14th
Doubletree Chicago – Schaumburg, IL 800 National Parkway Schaumburg, IL 60173
Edison, NJ November 16th
Crowne Plaza Edison 2055 Lincoln Highway Edison, NJ 08817
Challenges In Today’s Laboratories
Increasingly stringent regulations and controls for products meant for human consumption and human contact are requiring laboratories to continuously improve analytical method performance to meet new requirements. However, sometimes lost from sight is the fact that tighter controls also result in a much higher number of samples requiring analysis. Consequently, for fundamental economic reasons, labs must also consider changes in processes and procedures to increase sample throughput.
In this seminar, experts from SPECTRO, AMETEK Brookfield, CEM and Unity Scientific, will discuss challenges related to regulated analytical testing of samples using real-world methodologies in the food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries. In each of the selected areas of discussion, experts will explain how a new generation of instruments and techniques can improve analytical quality, performance, and throughput.
Technologies that will be featured
- Viscosity Measurement (AMETEK Brookfield)
- Elemental Analysis with ED-XRF and ICP-OES (SPECTRO)
- Microwave Digestion (CEM)
- Near Infrared Analysis (Unity Scientific)
Areas Of Discussion
QC In Cosmetics
In cosmetics manufacturing, quality control laboratories must ensure that the necessary and relevant controls are carried out for sampling and testing as per ISO 22716 to ensure that only materials and products that conform with the required acceptance criteria are released for shipment and use. Therefore, the ability to conduct elemental analysis of materials close to the production line has significant advantages for improving product quality and consistency while maximizing throughput.
Analysis Of Heavy Metal Residues In Food, Cosmetics And Pharmaceuticals
Heavy metals can be dangerous because of their toxicity, and amplification through bioaccumulation, and bio-magnification. Possible sources of metals in food can be caused by contamination of water sources, feedstock and processing. Possible sources of metals in cosmetics can be contamination of basic ingredients, color additives, and processing. Therefore, trace element analysis of raw and processed materials at all stages of production is critical. Learn why ED-XRF spectrometers have become the instruments of choice for fast, on-site analysis during manufacturing processes.
Trace Element Analysis In Pharmaceutical Products
The production of pharmaceutical products requires the analysis of a series of essential trace elements such as Fe, Cu, Zn, Se, Ca, Mg, Co, Si, and Mn - as well as elements that are toxic in larger concentrations such as Cd, Pb, As, Hg, Cr, Mo, Ni, V, and Cu. Elements from catalysts like Ir, Os, Pd, Pt, Rh, and Ru have to be monitored as well. Maximum concentration limits can be found in the Pharmacopoeias from different regions, one additional guideline is also the “Guideline for Elemental Impurities Q3D”. Learn why ICP-OES remains the best solution for trace element analysis but now more than ever with lower levels of detection (LODs) and much higher sample throughput.
Methods For Improving Viscosity Data
QC Labs are often pressed to generate viscosity data more quickly and this presentation will address throughput as well as how to improve the test method to capture test data automatically to get pass/fail confirmation. The rotational viscometer is the most popular tool for making QC measurements and instrument experts will explain basic principles of operation and then review rheology of material behavior to make sure that common terms like “pseudoplastic flow” and “thixotropy” are understood. Additionally, common test methods for measuring sauces, slurries, syrups, creams, and pastes will be demonstrated to illustrate best practice. Viscosity data interpretation will be discussed along with file management to make certain all required information is captured.
Using Microwave Digestion To Optimize Laboratory Workflow
CEM provides tools for compositional monitoring, quality assurance and sample preparation. In this presentation, CEM instrument experts will explain how microwave technology can speed the rate of chemical reactions enabling faster sample preparation for analytical tasks such as quality assurance and elemental analysis. Additionally, the presentation will discuss how CEM automated systems are used in drug development for compositional monitoring, quality assurance and sample preparation; in the food industry for monitoring food quality and composition; and in the cosmetics industry to support cGMP through careful testing and screening.
Fast Reliable Testing With Automated Wet Chemistry And NIR Analysis
The food, dairy, pharmaceutical and health and beauty markets have relied on near infrared analysis (NIR) and automated wet chemistry for many years as a fast and reliable means to perform qualitative and quantitative testing of ingredients, raw materials, and finished products. Unity Scientific has developed a full range of at-line and laboratory NIR instruments that provide real value and generate quantifiable savings for many time-sensitive applications. With extensive experience supporting a variety of applications, the company’s instrument experts will demonstrate how several of these solutions can be used for fast reliable process and product development testing.
Agenda
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM - Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM – 9:50 AM - Methods for improving your viscosity measurements (AMETEK Brookfield)
9:50 AM – 10:40 AM - A new high-performance microwave digestion vessel for difficult matrices including API's (CEM)
10:40 AM – 10:50 AM - Break
10:50 AM – 11:45 AM - Next-generation ED-XRF and ICP-OES technologies improve performance and efficiency while reducing costs (SPECTRO)
11:45 AM – 12:30 PM - Advances in NIR (Near Infrared Analysis) for QC testing at-line and in the lab (Unity Scientific)
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM - Complimentary Lunch
Featured Speakers
Meredith Daniel-Prowse, Ph.D.
Applications Scientist
SPECTRO
Bob McGregor
Director of Global Marketing and High End Lab Instrument Sales
AMETEK Brookfield
Bob Lockerman
Analytical Product Manager
CEM Corporation
Rachael Glenister
Regional Account Manager
Unity Scientific