PROF. DR. ELKE ANKlAM Food control is essential for consumer protection. Due to the fact that agricul ture and food technology have increased rapidly in the past the analytical prob lems concerning food have become more complex. The consumer expects com petitively priced food of consistently high quality. The main consumer concerns are food safety and food quality including authenticity proof. Many national or international official, validated, reference or routine methods are existing. Food be performed rapidly especially in the fields of microbiological control has to contamination and customs control. This handbook describes many kits, instruments and systems used for quality control of food. The tools listed are not only restricted to validated analytical methods but are also foreseen for routine and screening methods. In addition, an address list of manufacturers, distributors and sales agencies is given to gether with a list and information concerning selected expert laboratories. In this edition, emphasis is put on validation procedures of three organizations (AOAC, AFNOR and Microval). The purpose of this book is to facilitate the purchase and use of kits needed for food analysis and is therefore an important help for food analysts.

First Part: Validation of Methods, Kits and Instruments by AOAC, Afnor and Microval

AOAC
AFNOR
The European Microval Project
Second Part:Description of Products Manufactured by 42 Groups and/or Companies
Aber Instruments
Advanced Instruments
AES Laboratoire
Aromascan
Biocontrol
BioMérieux
Boehringer Mannheim
Celsis*Lumac
Chromagar
Cortecs Diagnostics
Diffchamb
Don Whitley Scientific
Dynal
EAC
Editek
E. Merck
Euro-Diagnostica
Farm-Tec
Foss Electric
Gen-Probe
Gene-Trak Systems
Hughes Whitlock
Hy-Labs
Inceltech LH-SGI
International Diagnostic Group
Millipore
Neogen
Newport Scientific
Orion Diagnostica
Perceptive Instruments
Perten Instruments
Promega
Qualicon
QA Life Sciences
R-Biopharm
Sartorius
Sceti
Sy-Lab
Synoptics
Tecra Diagnostics
3M Microbiology
Vicam
Third Part: Quoted Experts and Important Journals Used in This Survey
References of the Quoted Experts
Important Journals Used in This Survey
Fourth Part:248 Commercial Subsidiaries, Distributors, Sales Agents and Points of Sales in 30 European Countries
Austria
Belgium
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
The Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United-Kingdom
Indexes
Prefatory Notes to the Indexes
Official Approvals, Reviews and Validations
Methods, Materials, Techniques and Instruments
Analytes, Parameters, Other Targets of the Analysis and Competitors, Competitors and Interferences
Products and Environments Analyzed, Matrixes.