Allergen-Shield Pistachio

Allergen-Shield Pistachio is an ELISA test that determines pistachio residues in food products labelled as pistachio-free.

GENERAL INFORMATION:Pistachio (Pistacia vera) belongs to the Anacardiaceae. It contains a high fraction of proteins (≈25%) and many of these are known to be allergenic, such as 2S albumin Pis v 1, 11S globulin Pis v 2 or 7S vicillin Pis v 3, among others. Most of these proteins are thermally-stable during various production processes. For this reason, pistachio is one of the most important food allergens. Consumption of pistachio might be harmful for people who are allergic to it. The allergen can be present as an ingredient or as a contamination in raw and cooked products. Consumption of pistachio-containing food from allergic people might cause a broad range of symptoms, such as hives, mild oral allergy or/and anaphylactic shock. Because of this, consumption of pistachio or pistachio containing food should strictly be avoided from allergic persons. According to the regulation (EU) No. 1169/2011 Annex II, pistachio is included in the list of allergens established by the European Food Safety Authority, and its presence must be indicated on the label. Similar regulations exist e.g. in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

KIT CHARACTERISTICS:
-Sandwich Quantitative ELISA test with single-break strip plate with 48 wells (6 strips) or 96 wells (12 strips)
-Limit of detection (LOD): 0.25 ppm
-Range of Quantification: 1-25 ppm
-Low Procedure time: 30 mins
-High Specificity and Sensitivity
-Broad range of validated matrices
-Shelf life: 12 months
-Storage: 2-8°C