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Mycotoxins

Mycotoxins are toxic metabolites produced by molds. They can have serious acute and chronic effects on the health of humans as well as animals. Mycotoxin analysis of food and feed is therefore necessary and often required by legislation. Modern test kits allow rapid qualitative and quantitative analysis of mycotoxins.

When lactating animals are being fed with aflatoxin-contaminated feed, potentially toxic aflatoxin M1 is secreted with the milk. Since aflatoxin M1 is relatively stable towards heat treatment and milk processing, it is recommended to check the raw milk as well as the final product.

Hygiene Monitoring

Dairy products contain a variety of microorganisms. In many cases, bacteria are desired or even required, e.g. For the production of cheese. However, some microorganisms such as Salmonella, Listeria, E. Coli, Staphylococcus aureus or Bacillus cereus are pathogenic and may cause foodborne diseases. Moreover, it is important to monitor typical spoilage organisms to reduce losses during production and to ensure the product’s stability until the declared shelf life.

Acids, Sugars, Alcohols and Additives

Enzymatic analysis is a valuable tool for identifying many substances present in milk and cheese products, such as lactose, lactic acid, glutamic acid, ammonia, nitrate or ethanol. Many enzymatic assays have been approved or validated by international organizations such as AOAC (e.g. Official method 984.15, lactose in milk), International Dairy Federation (e.g. IDF 34C, citric acid in cheese and milk) and ISO (e.g. ISO 11285, lactulose in milk).

Vitamins

Many foods are fortified with vitamins, for example juices, dairy products, baby food, cereals, sweets, tablets and vitamin mixtures. We offer test kits to measure the exact concentration of vitamins in foods. ELISAs and Immunoaffinity columns are available to enable sample extraction for follow through estimation on HPLC or MS.

Nowadays food, feed and pharmaceutical products are being fortified with vitamins on a regular level. Analysis is required to comply with legal regulations; to confirm that the declared vitamin content is indeed available in the product and the marketing claims of the producers are justified.

Allergens

There are millions of people who must be cautious about consuming milk and dairy products due to lactose intolerance. In most countries it is mandatory to label ingredients which can cause allergies or intolerances, and regulatory authorities place high fines for lack of allergen labeling. Properly identifying and labeling allergens is easy with Krishgen’s wide range of highly sensitive allergen ELISA.

Antibiotics, hormones, anabolic residues, and chemical 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. Our product portfolio includes various test systems, such as enzyme immunoassays (ELISAs), lateral flow assays and immunoaffinity columns for the detection of hormones, anabolics, antibiotics and other drug residues in different matrices.