Chloramphenicol (CAP) is effective against a wide variety of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, including most anaerobic organisms. The most serious adverse effect associated with CAP treatment is bone marrow toxicity, which may occur in two distinct forms: bone marrow suppression, which is a direct toxic effect of the drug and is usually reversible, and aplastic anemia, which is idiosyncratic (rare, unpredictable, and unrelated to dose) and generally fatal. Due to these side effects, CAP is now forbidden to use in animal production in many countries, such as the EU, USA, Japan and China. This Meat Chloramphenicol Rapid Test Kit is a new test tool to detect CAP in meat such as pork, beef, and chicken, the detection limit meets EU MRL.
** This kit is a qualitative test kit, if you need a quantitative test, you can check Ringbio Chloramphenicol ELISA Kit
Key facts of the meat chloramphenicol rapid test kit
- Ready to use kits for farmers, slaughterhouse staff, etc.
- Incubation required
- Result visible in less than 10min
- High-specific to chloramphenicol
Detection Limit of the meat chloramphenicol rapid test kit
0.4ppb - 0.7ppb, this detection limit may change, please refer to the kit insert.
Meat chloramphenicol rapid test kit Components
- CAP Test Strip, 48pcs
- Microwell reagent, 48wells
- Plastic Pipette, 48pcs
- Sample buffer, 15ml, 2pcs
Materials required but not provided
- Micropipette, 20-200ul
- Microwell Incubator, with 25-40 ℃
- Plastic Pipette, 96pcs
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.
This product can also be applied to milk sample, please check this page for more information.
Further reading
- PubChem, chloramphenicol page,
- Merck manual, professional version, chloramphenicol page
- EFSA, Scientific Opinion on Chloramphenicol in food and feed
