Mycotoxin Food and Feed Tests
Mycotoxins are one of the most dangerous contaminants of food and feed found naturally. They are toxic substances - secondary metabolites formed as a result of the vital activity of microscopic molds (fungi) developed on food.
Mycotoxins are characterized by high toxicity, pronounced carcinogenic activity and widespread prevalence in food and feed. Fatal in food in the human or animal body, mycotoxins cause acute or chronic diseases - mycotoxicosis.
VICAM a Waters business offers worldwide a range of tests to measure the mycotoxin content in food and feed:
- strip tests for qualitative measurement of mycotoxins - giving mycotoxins presence above a certain threshold levels,
- tests for quantitative measurement of mycotoxins - the results are displayed in numerical form, in ppm or ppb units, on the screen of a specialized Vertu ™ Reader,
- precise quantitative fluorometric measurement - using specialized device Vicam Series-4EX Fluorometer and sample preparation immunoaffinity columns and providing displayed and printed results in ppm, ppb and ppt, stored on the device or external PC, and
- immunoaffinity columns for the initial purification phase in mycotoxin test procedures using HPLC equipment .
