Scientists at the Central Science Laboratory in York, UK have recently added two more of Applied Biosystems’ API 2000™ LC–MS/MS instruments to their portfolio of mass spectrometers as the department’s workload continues to increase. Mark Sykes, LC–MS Section Head in the Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Group, said that the instruments are used to analyse pesticide residues in areas ranging from government surveillance programmes to commercial analytical services.

“We have found that the instruments perform in a stable and predictable manner,” said Sykes. “The sensitivity, although not as high as that of more expensive instruments, is quite sufficient for reliable quantification of most important pesticides at the required limit of 0.01 mg per kg of food.”