September 27, 2015 SPSFAM Meeting - Meeting Book

General Analytical Needs

• Detection of the most popular allergens at around 10ppm  in a given food sample in a cost effective manner.

• A screening technique that can cover the most important  allergens.

• High confidence analysis with minimal‐to‐no false  positives and false negatives.

Challenges • Current ELISA methods appear to be  cost‐effective, but they result in some  false positives and false negatives.

• ELISA kits can detect only one allergen at a time.

• ELISA kits have served the industry very well with good  sensitivity and cost‐effectiveness…but there is a better  way…LC/MS/MS.