ИСТИНА

The quality and purity of food samples must be controlled. The detection of food contaminants like mycotoxins, pesticides, antibiotics must be in global scale with high-throughput screening (HTS). The current methods of assays are gas and liquid-chromatography mass spectrometry and immunoassays, mainly enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA), Lateral Flow Immunochromatographic Assay (strip-test) and Fluorescence Polarization Immunoassay (FPIA). The advantages and limitations for applications of these methods for simultaneous detection of several contaminants in food will be presented and discussed.