The European Union’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) bans PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, above set limits in food-contact packaging, and that part of the law took effect on August 12, 2026, with no grace period for packaging...
Should you bring your toxicology testing in-house? For some practices, the benefit of converting reference lab invoices into revenue outweighs the lab start-up cost. For others, documentation missteps end up costing them more than it’s worth. In this blog,...
In analytical lab conversation, qualification and validation can be treated like synonyms. However, an instrument can clear every qualification check on the books — but without method validation, there is no confirmation that it will produce accurate results for the...
Refurbished LC-MS and GC-MS systems can cut instrumentation costs by 30–50% compared to new OEM pricing. The problem is that “refurbished” doesn’t describe a process. It’s a label that covers everything from a system that’s been validated...
Most labs treat an audit like a deadline, something to prepare for in the weeks before it happens. That works until an auditor asks for one specific document, and the lab has to go find out whether it exists. What holds up under review is rarely the paperwork...
Analytical lab instrument qualification is not just something to confirm once and file away until the next scheduled requalification. As conditions change, qualification records need to be kept up to date, so that when an auditor asks for the qualification trail for a...
