Seeking Rapid Substance Detection in Inspection and Supply Chain

Desired outcome

Procter & Gamble is a global leader in innovation, products and services for consumer goods in categories like Beauty (Hair and Skin Care), Fabric & Home Care, Baby Care, Oral Care, Health Care, Family Care, and Feminine Care. We focus on designing and manufacturing superior products, packages and experiences that are safe to consumers, the environment and supply chain partners. P&G undertakes significant efforts to analyze compositions of raw materials and finished products and packages from development to manufacturing through the supply chain.

NEED DESCRIPTION
For most substances we lack rapid, easy-to-use yet precise detection devices/ methods for inspections at P&G operations (e.g. material income, manufacturing control, cleaning of equipment) and at our supply chain partners that can be used by workers and do not require laboratory environment/ standards

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Details of the Innovation Need

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

  • We are looking for precise, rapid, robust and simple-to-use measurement devices/ tools for substance detection, designed to be used in industrial and supply chain environment by workers for frequent inspections.
  • List of samples and substances:
  • Volatiles in Finished Products– We produce adsorbent hygiene products (diapers and fem care pads, as examples) that should not contain a meaningful presence of VOCs that are not intentionally added (i.e., through the adsorption of environmental background, the deviation of normal production processes, or the contamination of raw material supply streams). As a prototype marker, we propose real time evaluation of formaldehyde, at a limit level of 10 ppm or less.
  • Heavy Metals in Mined Raw Materials / Botanicals -- As we introduce more naturally-occurring feedstocks across our supply chain, we need to accommodate a wider potential variance of trace contaminates across raw materials. Scope here would include trace metal profiles. Titanium Dioxide and Calcium Carbonate represent two such raw materials, and Lead, Arsenic, and Antimony would be potential specific naturally-occurring trace contaminates. Target would be to detect these metals at 1 ppm or less.
  • Pesticides in the Manufacturing Environment:We want to ensure that our products are not contaminated by sporadic environmental events (i.e. seasonal use of pesticides close to manufacturing and/or warehousing sites). A target analyte would be glyphosate and/or or chlorinated pesticides, measured in the air (or some suitable proxy), at or about the 1 ppm level or less.
  • The tools/ detectors should ideally not require any training, other than an intuitive use instruction, and should show results as either present/not present or in a simple-to-interpret display with a scale/ value.
  • Ideally a solution that can be piloted within 6 months in P&G labs and our supply chain.

WHAT WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR

  • Sophisticated analytical equipment that would require a lab assistant education/ training and dedicated lab settings
  • A long-term fundamental research and development activity.

THE ASK

If you have a solution and proposal to partner with us, or a serious interest in developing a solution in partnership with us, please submit a summary of your solution, approach and/or technologies, incl. your current level of detection/ limit of quantification. Please indicate how you would propose pilot testing your solution. We look forward to partnering with you. All ideas and submissions will be fully reviewed.

Please note that only non-confidential information describing the method, current use and IP can be accepted for review.

Appendix – Table of Substances and Requirements – ideal limit of quantification by substance

Substance

Required limit of quantitation

Comment

Glyphosate

0.5 µg/g

Formaldehyde

10 µg/g

Lead

0.05 µg/g

Arsenic

0.1 µg/g

Antimony

0.1 µg/g

Cadmium

0.1 µg/g

Mercury

0.05 µg/g

Cobalt

1 µg/g

Nickel

0.5 µg/g

Vanadium

1 µg/g

PAHs

0.2 µg/g each congener

At a minimum, can measure the following PAHs:

Naphthalene

Phenanthrene

Anthracene

Fluoranthene

Pyrene

Benzo(a)anthracene

Chrysene

Benzo(b)fluoranthene

Benzo[j]fluoranthene

Benzo(k)fluoranthene

Benzo(e)pyrene

Benzo(a)pyrene

dibenzo(a,h)anthracene

Benzo[g,h,i]perylene

Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene

Phthalates

10.0 µg/g each congener

Ideally, can measure the following phthalates:

Dimethyl phthalate

Diethyl phthalate

Dipropyl phthalate

Dibutyl phthalate

Diisobutyl phthalate

Benzyl butyl phthalate

Dipentyl phthalate

Diisopentyl phthalate

Dicyclohexyl phthalate

Dihexyl phthalate

Diisoheptyl phthalate

Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate

Di-n-octyl phthalate

Diisononyl phthalate

Diisodecyl phthalate

Di-2-propylheptyl phthalate

Bis(methyl-glycol) phthalate

Di-2-ethoxyethyl phthalate

Di-2-butoxyethyl phthalate

Bis(4-methyl-pentyl) phthalate

Bis(4-methyl-2-pentyl) phthalate

Hexyl-2-ethylhexyl phthalate

Diphenyl phthalate

Diphenyl Isophthalate

Dioxins/Furans/DL-PCBs

See comment and individual congener LOQs below.

With LOQ sufficient to determine sum TEQ > 2 ng/kg. Listing of individual congener LOQs is based on their respective TEF values and 10x buffer relative to the sum TEQ parameter.

2,3,7,8-TCDD

2.00E-07 µg/g

1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD

2.00E-07 µg/g

1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDD

2.00E-06 µg/g

1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD

2.00E-06 µg/g

1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDD

2.00E-06 µg/g

1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD

2.00E-05 µg/g

OCDD

6.67E-04 µg/g

2,3,7,8-TCDF

2.00E-06 µg/g

1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF

6.67E-06 µg/g

2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF

6.67E-07 µg/g

1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF

2.00E-06 µg/g

1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF

2.00E-06 µg/g

1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF

2.00E-06 µg/g

2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF

2.00E-06 µg/g

1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDF

2.00E-05 µg/g

1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF

2.00E-05 µg/g

OCDF

6.67E-04 µg/g

PCB77

2.00E-03 µg/g

PCB81

6.67E-04 µg/g

PCB126

2.00E-06 µg/g

PCB169

6.67E-06 µg/g

PCB105

6.67E-03 µg/g

PCB114

6.67E-03 µg/g

PCB118

6.67E-03 µg/g

PCB123

6.67E-03 µg/g

PCB156

6.67E-03 µg/g

PCB157

6.67E-03 µg/g

PCB167

6.67E-03 µg/g

PCB189

6.67E-03 µg/g

Related Keywords

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  • Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
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About The Procter & Gamble Company

An American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. P&G was founded over 180 years ago as a simple soap and candle company. Today, we’re the world’s largest consumer goods company and home to iconic, trusted brands that make life a little bit easier in small but meaningful ways. We’ve spanned three centuries thanks to three simple ideas: leadership, innovation and citizenship.

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