Collaborative project: Development of innovative rapid test and screening methods for on-site detection of food-borne allergens in product development and control – Subproject 2 | FISA - Forschungsinformationssystem Agrar und Ernährung

Collaborative project: Development of innovative rapid test and screening methods for on-site detection of food-borne allergens in product development and control – Subproject 2

Project

Project code: 2816400608
Contract period: 01.09.2009 - 28.02.2013
Budget: 303,904 Euro
Purpose of research: Experimental development

The aim of the project is the development of innovative, molecular biology based methods for the detection of allergens which are subject to declaration in food. Apart from immunological rapid tests, which can be performed on-site without advanced equipment or specially trained staff, for the first time a new approach building up on a rapid DNA test format shall be applied. A further goal towards method improvement is to establish product group specific 'screening' tools, which are also suited to develop official standardized protocols according e.g. to the German foodstuffs act (§64, LFGB) and which can be employed to check for legally required correct labelling. With respect to the introduction of a threshold currently under discussion, the rapid tests shall be characterized by a sufficient sensitivity to enable the detection of allergens in trace amounts in a relevant range (ppm) and will be characterised by defined detection, hence exclusion limits.

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