Eurofins: The Principles of Mycotoxin & Herbicide Residual Testing using ELISA
Abstract
Mycotoxin contamination is a common and significant problem world-wide, where the 6 most common mycotoxins are Aflatoxin, Deoxyniva-lenol, Fumonisins, Ochratoxins, T2/HT2 toxins and Zearalenone. The contamination is very commonly found in hot and humid regions such as South America, South Asia and Southeast Asia.
These climate conditions can be favourable to the growth of molds, where some can produce more than one type of mycotoxin. As a heat stable secondary metabolite mycotoxins cannot be eliminated from the food and feed products, it can only be prevents.
Therefore, a good strategy is required for mycotoxin prevention and control in the supply chain.ELISA, also known as Enzyme-Linked Immu-nosorbent Assay, can be a very powerful and sensitive technology for mycotoxin testing. The antibody-antigen interaction within the ELISA kit is a very specific reaction to the target molecules.
The entire process of mycotoxin test is simple, straightforward and hence a practical technology to be implemented into the Mycotoxin Prevention and Control strategy.
In this seminar, we will present on the principles of ELISA technology as well as the application in the food and feed industry.
We will also take the opportunity to introduce on our herbicide ELISA testing solutions, and our upcoming new product for automation in mycotoxin testing.
Speaker
Daniel Tan, Area Manager
Daniel Tan is the Area Manager for Southeast Asia region and East Asia region. Daniel graduated with first class honours degree in Food Technology from University of Queensland, Australia. Daniel joined an Australian food company as Food Technologist with Quality Control responsibilities focusing on ingredient testing in 2011.
A food technologist by training, Daniel has been in the Food & Feed Safety industry as channel manager since 2015, with emphasis on Mycotoxin testing.