R-Biopharms RIDASCREEN® FAST Peanut kit receives AOAC-RI certification

Marshall, MI, May 15, 2003- R-Biopharm, Inc. announced today that it has obtained Performance Method Status No. 030404 from AOAC-RI for its test kit to detect peanuts in food.

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R-Biopharms RIDASCREEN® FAST Peanut kit receives AOAC-RI certification

Marshall, MI (PRWEB) May 15, 2003- R-Biopharm, Inc. announced today that it has obtained Performance Method Status No. 030404 from AOAC-RI for its test kit to detect peanuts in food.

RIDASCREEN® FAST Peanut has been validated and certified as a Performance Tested Method by the AOAC Research Institute as an effective method for the detection of peanut proteins at levels as low as 5 ppm in a variety of foods including: breakfast cereal, cookies, ice cream and milk chocolate."

The test kit is a 30 minute sandwich ELISA for the quantification of peanut in various foods. The wells of the microtiter strips are coated with specific antibodies against peanut proteins.

R-Biopharm offers various formats for the detection of allergens including: ELISAs, lateral flow devices and PCR (real-time and ELISA). In addition to the peanut assay, R-Biopharm also offers test kits for egg, gluten, hazelnut, almond â-Lactoglobulin, soy and histamine.

R-Biopharm develops, manufactures and markets rapid enzyme immunoassays for the detection of residues in food and feed. They include test kits for the screening of mycotoxins, hormones and anabolics, antibiotics, vitamins, food allergens and some other parameters. R-Biopharm is also the worldwide exclusive distributor for the Boehringer Mannheim Roche enzymatic tests as well as PCR based tests for the detection of GMOs, allergens and meat speciation by CONGEN.

R-Biopharm, Inc. is a member of the R-Biopharm Group with headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany.