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J. AOAC Int. to Feature Special Section on Food Allergen Testing
The March/April 2010 issue of the Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL will feature a Special Section consisting of four papers on Food Allergen Testing.
Bert Popping, Director of Molecular Biology & Immunology, Eurofins Scientific Group, and General Referee for AOAC Food Allergen Methods, says, “This special section describes the most current issues and developments in allergen analysis and their suitability for compliance and regulatory purposes, giving a comprehensive overview of the status quo in this field.”
The Special Section includes the following contributions:
- “Analytical Testing as a Tool for the Enforcement of Future Regulatory Thresholds for Food Allergens,” by Carmen Diaz-Amigo and Bert Popping. This paper describes the difficulties of establishing the correlation between clinical allergic reactions and analytical results, as well as the advantages and limitations of current and emerging analytical techniques.
- “Validation Procedures for Quantitative Food Allergen ELISA Methods: Community Guidance and Best Practices,” by Michael Abbott, Stephen Hayward, William Ross, Samuel Benrejeb Godefroy, Franz Ulberth, Arjon J. Van Hengel, James Roberts, Hiroshi Akiyama, Bert Popping, Jupiter M. Yeung, Paul Wehling, Steve L. Taylor, Roland Ernest Poms, and Philippe Delahaut. This paper, by an international expert group, gives guidance to kit manufacturers in order to harmonize validation of ELISA assays for allergen detection.
- “Differentiating Cross-Reacting Allergens in the Immunological Analysis of Celery (Apium graveolens) by Mass Spectrometry,” by Christiane K. Fæste, Karen R. Jonscher, Louis Sit, Jelena Klawitter, Kjersti E. Løvberg, and Lena H. Moen. This paper describes the problem of identifying and quantifying celery in processed samples.
- “Determination of Allergenic Egg Proteins in Food by Protein-, Mass Spectrometry-, and DNA-Based Methods,” by Ji-Yun Lee and Chang Jong Kim. This paper compares ELISA, PCR, and MS technologies in the detection of protein in egg.
The Special Section on Food Allergen Testing will appear in the March/April 2010 issue of J. AOAC Int. For additional information on this special section, please contact Catherine Wattenberg, at cwattenberg@aoac.org. To subscribe to J. AOAC Int. or to purchase reprints of the Special Section, contact Customer Service at CustomerService@aoac.org or Tel: +1-301-924-7077 ext. 170, or visit http://www.aoac.org/pubs/jaoac.htm.
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