Have been tracking this with the DEA Southern Lab folks. Seems like so far around a total of 3-4 hundred gallons seized along the border. Largest in the Car Boys, but lab says although preliminary/presumptive testing is spotty (due to low concentrations) with current means; the fentanyl test strips DEA uses pop positive no matter what. Also the concentrations have varied from extremely low to way too high...lab thinks Mexican chemists are just figuring out formulations.
I'd be careful about saying REAGENT TEST KITS SHOULD NOT BE USED. You should check with many many accounts who are successfully using reagent based tests, especially fentanyl test kits, to identify Fentanyl without having to spend 67,000.00 on a machine . Not saying anything bad about MX90 or 908. Just saying there are alternatives out there that are much less money and do a heck of a job on Fentanyl Detection - in any form. The Lateral Flow Assay Tests for Fentanyl work wonderfully.
The handheld mass spectrometer is the MX908.
Have been tracking this with the DEA Southern Lab folks. Seems like so far around a total of 3-4 hundred gallons seized along the border. Largest in the Car Boys, but lab says although preliminary/presumptive testing is spotty (due to low concentrations) with current means; the fentanyl test strips DEA uses pop positive no matter what. Also the concentrations have varied from extremely low to way too high...lab thinks Mexican chemists are just figuring out formulations.
I'd be careful about saying REAGENT TEST KITS SHOULD NOT BE USED. You should check with many many accounts who are successfully using reagent based tests, especially fentanyl test kits, to identify Fentanyl without having to spend 67,000.00 on a machine . Not saying anything bad about MX90 or 908. Just saying there are alternatives out there that are much less money and do a heck of a job on Fentanyl Detection - in any form. The Lateral Flow Assay Tests for Fentanyl work wonderfully.