Residues and contaminants

Detection of antibiotic, hormone and anabolic residues in food

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Residues and contaminants

When food producing animals are treated with antibiotics, hormones or anabolics, drug residues remain in the animal’s meat and milk. These residues may bear health risks for consumers.

“Residues are the remains of substances which are intentionally used during the production of foods.” (Source: BFR) These include veterinary drugs and pesticides. In order to protect consumers, maximum residue limits (MRLs) and monitoring programs have been established in many countries.

Our product portfolio includes various test systems, such as enzyme immunoassays (ELISAs), microbial inhibition tests and immunoaffinity columns for the detection of hormones, anabolics, antibiotics and other drug residues in different matrices.

Antibiotics

Antibiotics are naturally formed metabolites derived from fungi or bacteria. Substances that do not occur in nature and are produced by modern biotechnology and chemical synthesis are called antibiotics as well. Antibiotics are able to kill microorganisms or inhibit their growth. In human and veterinary medicine, antibiotics are therefore used as drugs for the treatment of bacterial diseases.

Hormones and anabolics

Residues of hormones and anabolic steroids in foods such as meat or milk provide a potential health risk to consumers. Hormones are endogenous biochemical messengers which are transported through the bloodstream to their target organs. Besides natural sex hormones, synthetic steroids and beta-agonists can be used in livestock breeding to improve the average weight gain and the meat/fat-ratio.

Other veterinary drugs

In addition to antibiotics and anabolics, animals are sometimes treated with further veterinary drugs which can also lead to residues in food. Those drugs include fungicides (used to kill or inhibit fungi), anthelmintics (used to treat infections with parasitic worms), corticosteroids (a synthetic steroid hormone that supports several physiologic functions), tranquilizers (used for the prevention of transport illness and stress syndrome in pigs) and coccidiostats (used to treat or prevent the parasitic disease coccidiosis).

Chemical contaminants

Chemical contamination of food is a health concern and may result from various sources. One important source of contamination is migration from packaging material. An example of this is the contaminant bisphenol A (BPA), a substance used in the production of poly-carbonate plastics. Via plastic bottles or plastic packaging, BPA may migrate into foods. EU legislation has therefore defined a specific migration limit (SML) for BPA.

Product portfolio

ProductDescriptionNo. of tests/amountArt. No.
RIDASCREEN® Chloramphenicol

RIDASCREEN® Chloramphenicol is a competitive enzyme immunoassay for the quantitative analysis of chloramphenicol in milk, milk powder and dairy products, honey and royal jelly, meat, fish, shrimp, eggs, urine (also chloramphenicol glucuronide), …

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Microtiter plate with 96 wells (12 strips with 8 wells each) R1511
RIDASCREEN® Sulfamethazin

RIDASCREEN® Sulfamethazin is a competitive enzyme immunoassay for the quantitative determination of sulfamethazine in milk, meat, honey, liver, kidney, fish, shrimp and egg.

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Microtiter plate with 96 wells (12 strips with 8 wells each). R3011
RIDASCREEN® Streptomycin

RIDASCREEN® Streptomycin is a competitive enzyme immunoassay for the quantitative analysis of streptomycin in milk and milk powder, honey, meat, liver, kidney, shrimp and apple juice.

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Microtiter plate with 96 wells (12 strips with 8 wells each). R3104
RIDASCREEN® Bacitracin

RIDASCREEN® Bacitracin is a competitive enzyme immunoassay for the quantitative analysis of bacitracin in milk, meat, eggs, feed and urine.

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Microtiter plate with 96 wells (12 strips with 8 removable wells each). R2901
RIDASCREEN® Clenbuterol

RIDASCREEN® Clenbuterol is a competitive enzyme immunoassay for the quantitative analysis of clenbuterol in milk, meat, liver, kidney, urine, plasma/serum, hair, eyeball and feed.

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Microtiter plate with 96 wells (12 strips with 8 wells each) R1711
RIDASCREEN® β-Agonists

RIDASCREEN® β-Agonists is a competitive enzyme immuno­assay for the quantitative analysis of β-Agonists in urine, serum, meat, liver, milk and feed.

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Microtiter plate with 96 wells (12 strips with 8 wells each) R1704
RIDASCREEN® Ractopamin

RIDASCREEN® Ractopamin is a competitive enzyme immunoassay for the quantitative analysis of ractopamine in urine, meat and liver and for the qualitative analysis of ractopamin glucuronide in urine.

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Microtiter plate with 96 wells (12 strips with 8 wells each) R9901
RIDASCREEN® Sulfonamide

RIDASCREEN® Sulfonamide is a competitive enzyme immunoassay for the quantitative analysis of sulfonamides in egg, meat (chicken and pork), fish, shrimp, honey and milk.

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Microtiter plate with 96 wells (12 strips with 8 wells each). R3004
RIDASCREEN® Nitrofuran (AHD)

RIDASCREEN® Nitrofuran (AHD) is a competitive enzyme immunoassay for the quantitative analysis of the nitrofurantoin metabolite AHD in shrimp and fish.

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Microtiter plate with 96 wells (12 strips with 8 wells each) R3713
RIDASCREEN® Nitrofuran (AMOZ)

RIDASCREEN® Nitrofuran (AMOZ) is a competitive enzyme immunoassay for the quantitative determination of AMOZ in shrimp, fish, meat and poultry.

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Microtiter plate with 96 wells (12 strips with 8 wells each) R3722
RIDASCREEN® Nitrofuran (AOZ)

RIDASCREEN® Nitrofuran (AOZ) is a competitive enzyme immunoassay for the quantitative analysis of AOZ in shrimp, meat (chicken, pork, beef), liver (beef and pork), fish, whole egg and milk.

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Microtiter plate with 96 wells (12 strips with 8 wells each) R3703
RIDASCREEN® Chinolone/Quinolones

RIDASCREEN® Chinolone/Quinolones is a competitive enzyme immunoassay for the quantitative analysis of chinolones in egg, meat (beef, pork, sheep, chicken, turkey), fish and shrimp.

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Microtiter plate with 96 wells (12 strips with 8 wells each) R3113
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ProductDescriptionNo. of tests/amountArt. No.
Premi®Test Urin

Premi®Test Urin is a reagent that enables bovine/porcine urine to be tested for antibiotic residues with Premi®Test.

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Premi®Test Urine contains 1 dropping bottle with 15 ml of sample buffer. The number of samples which can be prepared is dependent on the volume of the samples. Exemplarily, 30 samples with a volume of 30 ml each. R3921
Premi®Test 25

Premi®Test is a microbial screening test that allows the detection of antibiotic residues, especially in fresh meat (beef, pork, poultry) in less than 4 hours. The test is sensitive to antibiotics of the following groups: β-lactams, cephalosporins, …

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25 ampoules R3925
Premi®Test 4×25

Premi®Test is a microbial screening test that allows the detection of antibiotic residues, especially in fresh meat (beef, pork, poultry) in less than 4 hours. The test is sensitive to antibiotics of the following groups: β-lactams, cephalosporins, …

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4 x 25 ampoules R3900
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RIDA® C18 column

The solid phase extraction (SPE) with RIDA® C18 columns is an efficient technique for a fast and selective sample preparation, especially for the RIDASCREEN® and EuroProxima anabolic- and hormone enzyme immunoassays.

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100 x C18 columns (100 mg/ml column reservoir) R2002
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