[Application of two immunochromatographic test kits to screening of four kinds of allergic substances in imported foods].
We tested for four kinds of allergic substances (egg, milk, wheat and peanuts) in 52 imported processed foods using immunochromatographic test kits (ITK). ELISA was also employed to confirm the effectiveness of the ITK. Among 92 data from 23 samples, allergic substances were detected in 9 cases with one kind of ITK, but not with the ELISA test. Among 116 data from 29 samples, 6 were negative with one kind of ITK and but positive with the other ITK. These results suggested that these 4 kinds of allergic substances in imported foods can be detected by using a double-check method with two kinds of ITK.
Hirota
Masamitsu
M
Yokohama Inspection Station, Japan Frozen Foods Inspection Corporation, 2-13-45 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan.
Sawada
Chihiro
C
Suzuki
Tsuyoshi
T
Ueda
Chihiro
C
Furuyama
Mutsuko
M
Saijo
Yoko
Y
Naito
Mayuko
M
Hirose
Katsura
K
Sato
Mari
M
Toyoda
Masatake
M
D000818:Animals; D010367:Arachis; D002845:Chromatography; D004531:Eggs; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005504:Food Analysis; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology; D008892:Milk; D014908:Triticum