Meat Beta Lactams Rapid Test Kit
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About Beta-lactams (penicillins, amoxicillin, ampicillin, cloxacillin)
- What they are: the most widely used antibiotic class in SA dairy and veterinary medicine, including mastitis treatment.
- Food safety: residues above the Codex / EU MRL of 4 µg/kg in milk (for Penicillin G) cause starter-culture failure in cheese and yoghurt production, and trigger penicillin-allergy risk in sensitive consumers.
- SA position: DALRRD limits align with Codex; all SA dairy processors screen incoming milk at reception.
- Typical samples: raw milk at farm tank, tanker reception, bulk silo.
- Who cares in SA: every commercial dairy processor; mastitis-treatment vet practices (withdrawal-period compliance).
Meat Beta Lactams Rapid Test Kit
Beta lactams antibiotics (β-lactams) are widely used natural or artificial antibiotics in animal or human clinical practice, side effects of which include severe allergy, etc. Maximum Residue Level/Limit (MRL) has been established against β-lactams in the USA, EU, Japan, China, and many other countries. this Meat Beta Lactams Rapid Test Kit is a 10min lateral flow rapid test kit for the detection of β-lactams drugs in meat.
Meat Beta Lactams Rapid Test Kit Key features
- Ready to use kits for farmers, slaughterhouse, etc
- No incubation required
- Result visible in less than 10min
- Receptor assay with broad-specificity to β-lactam antibiotics.
Test Kit Components
- β-lactam Test Strip, 48pcs
- Microwell reagent, 48wells
- Plastic Pipette, 50pcs
- Sample buffer, 15ml, 2pcs
Sample preparation
Meat samples shall be homogenized before testing. Basically, 2g of homogenized meat dissolved with 2ml of diluted sample buffer, shake thoroughly for 2min and then centrifuge for 10min. Take the supernate for rapid testing.
The detection limit of Meat Beta Lactams Rapid Test Kit
| β-lactams | Food species | MRL(μg/L) | LOD(μg/L) |
| Penicillin | Muscle, fat, liver, kidney | 50 | 50 |
| Amoxicillin | Muscle, fat, liver, kidney | 50 | 50 |
| Ampicillin | Muscle, fat, liver, kidney | 50 | 50 |
| Oxacillin | Muscle, fat, liver, kidney | 300 | 300 |
| Cloxacillin | Muscle, fat, liver, kidney | 300 | 300 |
| Dicloxacillin | Muscle, fat, liver, kidney | 300 | 300 |
| Nafcillin | Muscle, fat, liver, kidney | 300 | 300 |
Note: the MRL is from COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 37/2010.