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Rapid Tests for Seed, Grain and Feed
The need for traceability of exported grains from planting in the field to food processing points has increased testing demand in grains and crops. In addition, legislation in the EU and other parts of the world requires the labeling of foods and feeds made with genetically modified ingredients (GMO's). As transgenic seed varieties are marketed alongside conventional seed varieties, testing methods to determine the presence or absence of genetic traits are becoming more critical. Strategic Diagnostics Inc. (SDI) offers both lateral flow test strip and microwell ELISA plate test formats to meet the grain and seed testing demands for breeders, seed and grain producers and consumers. |
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Trait Check lateral flow strip tests allows rapid testing of grains at elevators
and terminals. SDI tests give visual results in 3 to 5 minutes,
expediting grain processing. SDI has the largest offering of lateral
flow strip tests available, including tests for Round-up Ready®
crops, HERCULEX™ corn varieties, LibertyLink® crops,
YieldGard® corn varieties, StarLink® corn and corn rootworm
varieties. Other applications are available for alfalfa, canola,
sugarbeet and cotton. SDI offers a common extraction method that
allows users to run six or more different GMO corn tests in a
single corn sample extract. This includes SDI novel TraitP Triple
Trait Corn test strip which will detect three transgenic proteins
in one strip - Cry1Ab, Cry3Bb and CP4 EPSPS making testing easy
and more cost- effective.
Seed Check lateral flow strip tests and ELISA plates are used to rapidly
test seed lots for quality control requirements and leaf tissue
in the field. SDI lateral flow tests give visual results in 3
to 5 minutes. SDI has the largest offering of lateral flow strip
tests available including tests for Roundup Ready, HERCULEX, LibertyLink,
YieldGard and BollGard® varieties in corn, soybean, cotton,
canola, alfalfa, rice, and sugarbeet.
GMO Check - Genetically Modified Ingredients ELISA microwell plate tests determine GMO content in processed
food fractions such as corn flour and soybean meal in order to
comply with regulations governing the labeling of foodstuffs containing
GMO ingredients. The tests are cost effective, sensitive, quantitative,
offer high throughput of up to 43 samples at one time. GMO Check is ideal for laboratory based QC testing applications. GMO Check tests
have been validated for ground soybeans, ground corn, ground canola,
corn flour, grits, soya flour and toasted soya meal.
Myco Check lateral flow test strips for aflatoxin and DON require no laboratory
equipment and meet U.S. regulatory testing levels. The simple
screening tests provide qualitative results in 5 minutes. Myco Check 10 minute microwell plate tests perform quantitative analysis
of aflatoxin, fumonisin and vomitoxin. These USDA performance-certified
tests meet quantitative regulatory requirements and can be used
with existing plate reading equipment.
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