Hygiena® AlerTox® Sticks Peanut is a rapid immunochromatographic test for the qualitative detection of peanut proteins in food, kitchens and production facilities.

AlerTox® Sticks are rapid tests for allergen detection in food, drinks, and on surfaces for internal Quality Control. They are designed specifically to help manufacturers keep their items free of antigens that may cause allergic reactions. These user-friendly tests are for the detection and qualification of main food allergens without the need for lab equipment or scientific knowledge.

Benefits

• LOD (limit of detection) of AlerTox® Sticks Peanut is 1 ppm
• Available in packs of 5 or 10 tests
• Quick and Reliable with results in 10 minutes
• High-sensitivity
• Can be used for testing environmental surface, liquids (rinse water and product) and food samples
• Shelf life: 6-18 months
• No special equipment required
• Safe and easy to use
• Convenient and quick sample collection requires minimal training
• Cost-effective - huge savings over other specific allergen test kits
• HACCP, ISO 2200, BRC and IFS Compliant
• *Free delivery only available to UK Mainland addresses

They have industrial applications for allergen detection in food, food quality control, trace allergen contamination in food, liquid, and surfaces and implementation and fulfilment of HACCP, ISO 2200, BRC, and IFS compliance.

AlerTox Sticks Peanut uses a monoclonal antibody against a major peanut antigen, the 11 S globulin seed storage protein known as allergen Ara h 3. Alertox Sticks Peanut does NOT detect the antigens of cereals, other legumes and tree nuts including pecan, walnut, hazelnut, almond, macadamia, pistachio, cashew, brazil nut, chestnut, pine nut and coconut.

The LOD (limit of detection) of AlerTox Sticks Peanut is 1 ppm of raw or roasted peanut protein. The range of detection (ROD) is 1-10000 ppm of peanut protein. Above this range, reduction of test line intensity due to hook effect can result in a false-negative result. If a false negative due to hook effect is suspected, repeat the test on a diluted sample.

Each AlerTox Sticks Peanut kit includes all the basic equipment required to carry out testing:

• 10 immunochromatographic sticks in a tube
• 10 sample collection tubes (tube with yellow cap)
• 10 sample extraction buffer tubes, 9 mL (tube with blue cap)
• 10 spoons
• 10 pipettes (3 mL- only for testing liquid samples)
• 10 small pipettes
• 10 swabs (only for testing surfaces)
• Instructions for use (download from webpage)

Other materials not supplied:

• Grinder, mortar or any other manual or automatic homogenisation system to crush the sample
• Scissors (only for surface sampling)
• Digital scale sensitive to 0.1 g

AlerToxÆ Sticks Peanut shows no detectable cross-reactivity or interference with the following commodities:

• Cereals: barley, buckwheat, wheat, rice, rye, oat, corn.
• Legumes and vegetables: soybean, green pea, lima (butter) bean, chickpea.
• Seeds: sunflower, pumpkin, sesame, poppy.
• Tree nuts: almond, brazil nut, cashew, chestnut, coconut, hazelnut, macadamia, pistachio, pecan, pine nut,
• walnut.
• Other: skim milk powder, cocoa, lecithin, porcine gelatin.

AlerToxÆ Sticks Peanut has been validated in the following matrices:

• Fish and meat
• Flours
• Cereals
• Shakes and dairy
• Sports supplements
• Snacks
• Bakery products
• Chocolate bars