ISPAM Advisory Panel-Food Allergen

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Technology Provider Perspectives Emerging Technologies for Allergen Detection

International Stakeholder Panel on Alternative Methods (ISPAM) Advisory Panel on Food Allergens

Brooke Schwartz June 15, 2016

Pre-commercial technologies for allergen detection

Technology developers are working to develop a range of systems to address unmet allergen detection needs. Capabilities in development include: • Small, portable, rugged detection platform for allergen detection – Battery powered for use in lab, plant and field • Ability to detect up to 20 targets in a sample – Single, simplified extraction method across analytes – 10-minute time to results • Single system that can do quantitative, semi-quantitative or qualitative allergen testing • Ability to detect molecular targets plus proteins in same sample • Ability to test samples for a broad range of allergens and other contaminants using a universal DNA test. • Ability to simultaneously test for allergens and toxins in a single sample • Ability to simultaneously test for expected and unexpected allergens, toxigenic plants, bacteria and adulterants in a single sample

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