Rapid iMethod for Pesticide Screening

Easy implementation of pesticide screening in food, water, and other consumer products in routine testing labs using a Rapid iMethod™ Application with V.2.2 Cliquid® Software.

With more than 800 pesticides currently in use there is growing concern by government agencies about the effect of pesticide exposure on human health. As a result, the residue level of pesticides in food, water and other consumer products are highly regulated. While analytical techniques like GC or GC/MS have traditionally been used for pesticide analysis, LC/MS/MS has quickly become the technique of choice due to the ability to analyze a more diverse set of pesticides, faster with better sensitivity and less sample preparation.

The following description outlines the instrument requirements and expected results obtainable from the SCIEX iMethod™ Application for Pesticide Screening and Quantitation using a SCIEX 3200 QTRAP^® system or API 3200™ system. This iMethod™ application consists of a pre-configured method to screen for 534 pesticides; a positive polarity method and a negative polarity method to screen for the analytes in EU MRL list; and individual quantitation methods for carbamate, phenyl urea, triazine, organophosphorus, and acidic pesticides.

All methods have also been verified for use on SCIEX 4000 QTRAP^®, API 4000™, QTRAP^® 5500 and SCIEX Triple Quad™ 5500 systems.