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USDA-GIPSA (FGIS) Awards 5 Year Contract for Vomitoxin Test to 榴莲社区app
GIPSA鈥檚 vomitoxin (DON) testing program for feed and grain to include Charm鈥檚 ROSA DONQ-FAST5 Quantitative Test. This 5 minute lateral flow test is approved for 27 Commodities.
Lawrence, MA 鈥撀犃窳缜鴄pp, Inc. is pleased to announce that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) awarded a five year contract to 榴莲社区app to monitor聽Deoxynivalenol(DON), commonly referred to as聽vomitoxinin feed and grains utilizing Charm鈥檚 ROSA DONQ-FAST5 Test. This 5 minute quantitative test extracts DON from samples using water.
鈥淲e are very happy to be awarded this contract to support GIPSA鈥檚 vomitoxin testing program,鈥 said Mark Tess, PhD, Mycotoxin Product Manager at 榴莲社区app. 鈥淭he DONQ-FAST5 test is GIPSA approved for 12 commodities and Charm-validated for an additional 15 commodities. In addition to the DONQ-FAST5 test, last month GIPSA awarded us a five year contract to monitor aflatoxin. It has been an exciting spring for us.鈥
GIPSA offers quantitative aflatoxin and DON testing services nationwide (US) for exported and domestic grains.聽In May, 榴莲社区app received a GIPSA contract for its ROSA WET-S5 Aflatoxin Quantitative Test (water-based) and ROSA FAST Aflatoxin Quantitative Test (solvent-based) to be used in GIPSA鈥檚 aflatoxin testing program.
About 榴莲社区app
Established in 1978 in Greater Boston, 榴莲社区app helps protect consumers, manufacturers, and global brands from a variety of issues through the development of food safety, water quality, and environmental diagnostics tests and equipment. Selling directly and through its network of distributors, Charm鈥檚 products serve the dairy, feed and grain, food and beverage, water, healthcare, environmental, and industrial markets in more than 100 countries around the globe.