Recognizing the importance of quality and safety management at all levels of the food and beverage business, seven principles are discussed, highlighting how they relate to overall quality and safety.  A LIMS can be a vital component to an overall quality and safety management plan within the food and beverage laboratory for improved quality and safety while minimizing risks. [Read More]

In the dynamic realm of core labs, where the focus is on unravelling the mysteries of omics—proteomics, genomics, and sequencing—the quest for groundbreaking discoveries is ceaseless. Core labs play a pivotal role in revealing new drug targets, diagnostic methods, and personalised drug therapies, driving the advancement of medical science. This brings to mind the big question “How to improve core lab operations?”. [Read More]

Compliance with industry regulations is non-negotiable in the fast-paced and highly regulated realm of life sciences. Navigating the intricate web of rules and standards is essential to ensure product and service safety, efficacy, and quality. This blog seeks to unravel the complexities of compliance regulations in the life science sector, providing a comprehensive understanding for professionals and organizations operating within this dynamic field. [Read More]

As consumers, we have a habit of purchasing products with features that fix the symptoms we are experiencing – an approach that often impacts our business choices too. But when it comes to solving laboratory challenges, we need to fully understanding the problem we’re trying to solve and the opportunities we want to harness. Key to this is answering the ‘why’ questions. [Read More]

Like other materials testing labs, construction and engineering laboratories have standards and regulations that affect their activities, though these are heterogeneous due to differences across local, state, and national accrediting/regulating bodies. These regulations and guidelines mandate a certain level of quality and safety in whatever is getting constructed, as well as where it’s getting constructed. [Read More]

The FDA’s Case for Quality initiative seeks to shift the focus from validation as a check-the-box regulatory activity to one that centers around quality. The shift will ensure that patients and end users have access to safe, effective care. The FDA issued the Computer Software Assurance (CSA) draft guidance in September 2022 to make validation of regulated systems less burdensome and more strategic. This blog will look at what we know about CSA—the good news is that our clients shouldn’t notice many changes in our validation approach. [Read Now]

As laboratories continue to grapple with an increasing volume of data, implementing a solution becomes a necessity. LIMS is a solution designed to help laboratories manage their data effectively. With the increasing volume of data generated in labs, LIMS offers advanced features to streamline workflows and improve data accuracy. From sample collection to analysis, LIMS ensures seamless integration of data across the entire laboratory workflow. In this blog article, we will examine how LIMS optimises data management in laboratories.  [Read Now]

In this 2023 paper published in Sustainability, Tomich et al. describe the concept of food systems informatics (FSI) within the context of a collection of this and other paper published as a special collection in the journal. Noting many challenges to improving and transforming food systems, as well as the potential for informatics applications to play an important role, the authors describe five use cases of FSI and discuss the potential outcomes and impacts of developing and implementing FSI platforms in these and other use cases. Finally, the authors draw six major conclusions from their work, as well as several caveats about FSI implementation going forward. They argue that FSI definitely has potential as "a tool to enhance equity, sustainability, and resilience of food systems through collaborative, user-driven interaction, negotiation, experimentation, and innovation within food systems." However, the scope of FSI must be expanded to include " food systems security, privacy, and intellectual property considerations" in order to have the greatest impact.