--- title: New sample preparation solution simplifies food safety testing description: Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced the launch of its new portfolio that provides an easy-to-use sample preparation workflow through sample extraction and clean-up kits for chromatographic analysis. image: https://news.lifesciencenewswire.com/hubfs/Thermo%20Scientific%20QuEChERS.jpg --- [![Life Science Newswire 2](https://news.lifesciencenewswire.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Life%20Science%20Newswire%202.png?width=203&height=60&name=Life%20Science%20Newswire%202.png "Life Science Newswire 2")](https://lifesciencenewswire.com/) - [Newsroom](https://news.lifesciencenewswire.com/newsroom) - [Back to the main site](https://lifesciencenewswire.com/) ![LSNewswire-main-header-banner-v2-1](https://news.lifesciencenewswire.com/hubfs/LSNewswire-main-header-banner-v2-1.jpg "LSNewswire-main-header-banner-v2-1") # Newsroom #### Categories ![Arrow](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3842749/ps4-Pack/sidebar.svg "Arrow") #### Subscribe![](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3842749/ps4-Pack/subscribe-rss-button.svg) ![](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3842749/ps4-Pack/close-button.svg) ### Choose a Category - 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The [Thermo Scientific QuEChERS](https://www.thermofisher.com/search/results?query=QuEChERS+Dispersive+SPE&resultPage=1&resultsPerPage=15&autocomplete=) product line provides an easy-to-use, sample preparation workflow, with sample extraction and cleanup kits that allow for comprehensive pesticide residues extraction to produce cleaner extracts for chromatographic analysis. With pre-weighed, high-quality salts and sorbents, specifically designed to eliminate salt clumping during sample preparation, laboratories will achieve reliable and reproducible results, allowing them to meet regulatory food safety requirements. The collection includes 48 new products for Original, Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC) and European methods and are available in convenient pouches or prefilled tubes, giving users a wide range of choice to find the sample preparation solutions to best suit their needs. “Regulatory requirements for food safety analysis are becoming more and more stringent. The new QuEChERS collection provides a comprehensive sample preparation workflow that give laboratories confidence that their analysis is reliable and repeatable, and will ensure foodstuffs meet the safety regulations,” said Ken Meadows, global product manager, sample preparation products, Thermo Fisher Scientific. The Thermo Scientific QuEChERS line provides a high level of versatility in a cost-effective manner and can be utilized across various applications within the food safety space, including pesticide residues analysis, veterinary drugs analysis and mycotoxins analyses. Effective sample preparation is crucial in producing reliable results from liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis, and the QuEChERS portfolio supports the safeguarding of consumer health from potential contaminants. To find out more about the QuEChERS portfolio and product line, please visit: [www.thermofisher.com/QuEChERS](http://www.thermofisher.com/QuEChERS) About Thermo Fisher Scientific Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team of more than 100,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD. For more information, please visit [www.thermofisher.com](http://www.thermofisher.com). Categories: [Food & Beverage](https://news.lifesciencenewswire.com/newsroom/tag/food-beverage), [General Laboratory](https://news.lifesciencenewswire.com/newsroom/tag/general-laboratory) ##### Browse more news ## Recent releases #### [Enhanced Compliance Inc. (ECI) Appoints Taranjit S. 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