Background on Food Safety
Food safety means that food is non-toxic and harmless, meets the required nutritional requirements, and does not cause any acute, subacute or chronic harm to human health. Food-borne diseases are caused by many factors, when they enter the human body, they can cause disorders of the human immune system, causing nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms, and even poisoning. Food safety is no less important today than ever, rapid food safety testing has gradually penetrated into people's lives. Food safety test kits play a unique role in a specific period of time in food safety management. Food safey testing helps food science laboratories improve food safety and risk management, minimize the time and cost of microbiological and molecular food testing, and ensure the reproducibility of results.
Classification of Food Safety Test Kits
According to the classification of test substances, food safety test kits can be divided into the following categories:
- Veterinary drugs: veterinary drugs are mainly divided into four categories: general disease control drugs, infectious disease control drugs, internal and external parasitic disease control drugs, and growth-promoting drugs.
- Pesticides: there are many types of pesticides, mainly organophosphorus, carbamate, organochlorine and pyrethroid pesticides.
- Microorganisms: microorganisms include bacteria, viruses, fungi, and a few algae.
- Food additives and prohibited additives: food additives are compounds or natural substances added to food for the purpose of improving the color, aroma, and taste of food, as well as for the needs of anti-corrosion and processing technology.
- Nutrients: nurbohydrates, nucleic acids, vitamins, rare metals, etc.
Fig 1. Risk factors for food diseases and Main strategies for food safety. (Gallo M, et al, 2020)
Advantages of Food Safety Test Kits
Detection sensitivity, that is the lowest detection limit is lower; the detection speed is getting faster and faster, and online detection can be realized.
The continuous improvement of selectivity and the application of various high-tech have made it possible to directly extract pollutants for detection in complex mixtures.
It can operate multiple kits to measure multiple components at the same time, which greatly shortens the detection cycle.
The cost of testing is getting lower and lower, the reagent components are safe.
Alfa Chemistry offers a broad range of food safety test kits covering mycotoxins, food pathogens, veterinary drug residues, pesticides, heavy metal, adulteration, allergens, hormone, vitamin D and special food. Our experienced teams are committed to providing the latest, professional, simple and fast test kits for worldwide customers. With years of growth, we are constantly expanding our product to meet the demands in food safety testing area. If you are interested in our products, welcome to contact us for products quotations and more detailed information.
Reference
1. Gallo M, et al. (2020) Montesano D, Naviglio D. Relationships between food and diseases: What to know to ensure food safety. Food Res Int. 137, 109414.
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