ISPAM Advisory Panel-Food Allergen

TLA Panel Allergens: priorities and challenges for food allergen detection 㻶㼡㼚㼑㻌㻝㻡㻘㻌㻞㻜㻝㻢

MPR for gluten: CEN activities (V) - 5 persons in a physical meeting - 1.5 day of work for the draft - Quantitative gluten only - Give guidance on how to determine “performance” - disputed issues (e.g. LoD and LoQ) will be solved at WG12 level - Make changes possible - Only methods studied collaboratively will be considered - This draft will be used as a template for allergens if WG12 could agree on it

TLA Panel Allergens: priorities and challenges for food allergen detection 㻶㼡㼚㼑㻌㻝㻡㻘㻌㻞㻜㻝㻢

RT-PCR advantages - Very specific - consistent/common extraction - DNA often more stable than proteins during processing - Multiplexing possible - Open and standardized methods (see CEN)