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News Release from: Alaska Food Diagnostics | Subject: RnA multi-analyte Plex assay
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 11 March 2008
Eureka status for ultra-rapid food
pathogen test
RnA Assays and Alaska Food Diagnostics have been awarded intergovernmental Eureka status for an innovative pathogen detection test being developed for meat producers.
Used in diagnostic laboratories, the new RnA multi-analyte Plex assay detects microbial and non-microbial contaminations simultaneously in a single animal-derived sample The assay is applied at flock, herd or abattoir level to establish the contamination status of an animal population, and allows producers and resellers to predict the quality and assure the safety of final processed food products
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 9 May 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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RnA is working with Alaska to develop a rapid high-throughput version of the Plex assay system which provides multiple results in one sample run.
Based at the UK government's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) at Porton Down, Alaska has exploited patented Adenylate Kinase (AK) Phage technology to develop the highly sensitive and specific fastrAK rapid microbiology system.
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RnA launched its first MultiPlex RnAssay, Sal Plex, in June 2007 during the annual Med-Vet-Net in Italy.
Serological analyses can be performed on thousands of samples within 24 hours, like the coming RnAssay product, Sulfo Plex, for the detection of residues of sulphonamide antibiotics in meat, milk, plasma and serum.
The Sal Plex results can differentiate simultaneously between five different Salmonella serogroups (B, C1, C2, D, E).
The RnAssay technology enables stakeholders to make a fingerprint of the quality and safety of products becoming food.
Alaska and RnA are working together to provide meat producers and importers with improved tools and technology for rapid and reliable food safety and quality control testing.
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