Abstract

Detection of Food Contaminants by Immunoassay Test-methods

Sergei Eremin, Professor, Moscow State University

The quality and purity of food samples must be controlled. The detection of food contaminants like mycotoxins, pesticides, antibiotics must be in global scale with high-throughput screening (HTS). The current methods of assays are gas and liquid-chromatography mass spectrometry and immunoassays, mainly enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA), Lateral Flow Immunochromatographic Assay (strip-test) and Fluorescence Polarization Immunoassay (FPIA). The advantages and limitations for applications of these methods for simultaneous detection of several contaminants in food will be presented and discussed.