FoodControl™LFA+isaPCR-kitforfastandreliabledetectionoffoodbornepathogensviaconventionalPCRincombinationwithourreliableLateralFlowAssay(LFA)+cartrigetechnology,puttingtogethertheeasilyinterpretableLFAstripeandourPCRcontaminationavoidingLFA+cartridgesystem.
DetectingbacterialcontaminationisakeyaspectinfoodmicroBIOLOGy.Consequently,microbiologicalqualitycontrolprogramsareintensifiedthroughoutfoodchainproductioninordertominimizetheriskofintoxicatingconsumers.ReliABIlity,speedandrobustnessofatestsystemtodetectthepresenceorabsence,oreventhedegreeofcontaminationwithpathogens,becomesincreasinglyimportant.FoodControl™LFAisadiagnosticsystemforeasynon-quantitativedetectionofpresenceorabsenceoffoodbornepathogensinagriculturalorfoodindustryviaconventionalPCRandLateralFlowCartridgeLFA+technology.
FoodControl™PCR-LFA+isbasedontheregularFoodControl™PCR-LFAdesign,butprovidesadditionallyaconvenientpre-castedhybridisationcartridge.Thissystemallowsthesingle-use,cross-contaminationsafereADIngofthePCRresultforeachsampleindividually.
TheLFA+cartridgeprovidesthelateralflowstripeandtherunningbufferrequiredtocompletethehybridizationandstainingprocess.ThePCRtubeisinsertedintothecartridge.Byclosingthesystemaneedletapsthetubeandthebufferreservoir,instantlystartingtheflowandthehybridizationtransferringthePCRampliconsontothestripe.Thisonestepsystemreducespreparationandhandlingstepsaswellascontaminationviae.g.PCRcarryover.TheresultiseasilyvisIBLethroughthesightfunnelofthecartridge.
Canbeusedinresearchandindustryfordetectionofpathogeniccontaminationinfoodoragriculturalproducts.Forresearchuseonly!Donotuseforclinicaldiagnosticortestingofpatientsamples.
ThekitisavailableforthedetectionofthefollowingmicroorganismsviaconventionalPCR:
| Micro-organism | Target | 
| Salmonellaenterica | invasionproteinA(invA)gen | 
| Yersiniaenterocolitica | heatstableenterotoxinAgen | 
| Shigellaspp. | invasionplasmidantigen(ipaH6)gen | 
| Campylobacterspp. | acyl-[acyl-carrier-protein]-UDP-N-acetylglucosamine O-acyltransferase(lpxA)gen  | 
| Clostridiumperfringens | phospholipaseCalphatoxin(plc)gen | 
| Shigelladysenteriae, Escherichiacoli(EHEC)  | ShigaToxin1(stx1)gen | 
| Shigelladysenteriae, Escherichiacoli(EHEC)  | ShigaToxin2(stx2)gen | 
| EscherichiacoliO157 | wBDRgen | 
| EscherichiacoliO104 | wckDgen | 
| Listeriaspp. | invasionassociatedproteinp60(iap)gen | 
| Listeriamonocytogenes | listeriolysinO(hly)gen | 
| Salmonellaspp. | spacer-regionbetween16Sand23SRNAgenes |