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Diagnostic Test Kits Catalogue – 2021 Catalogue Kits Test Diagnostic Technologies Eurofins Catalogue 2021 EUROFINS TECHNOLOGIES DIAGNOSTIC TEST KITS CATALOGUE – 2021 CATALOGUE KITS TEST DIAGNOSTIC TECHNOLOGIES EUROFINS Diagnostic Test Kits Food, Feed, Animal Health and Environmental Analysis Diagnostic Test Kits Catalogue 2021 Food, Feed, Animal Health and Environmental Analysis Dilution buffer Wash solution Stop Solution Conjugate Standards Microtiter plate Substrate EUROFINS TECHNOLOGIES | 2021 TABLE OF CONTENTS Eurofins Technologies Contacts and Locations ...6 MYCOTOXINS..................... 25 VETERINARY DRUG ANIMAL SPECIES .............. 65 RESIDUES AND ADDITIVES .. 49 Eurofins Technologies Mycotoxin Kits ..........25 Eurofins Technologies Animal Species Kits ..65 ALLERGENS ........................ 9 B ZERO® Quantitative ELISA Test Kits ........25 Eurofins Technologies Veterinary Drug DNAnimal Kits ..........................................66 Celer® Quantitative ELISA Test Kits ............26 Residues and Additives Kits .......................49 Meat Standards ........................................67 Eurofins Technologies Allergen Kits...............9 Water-based Quantitative ELISA Test Kits ....26 l’Screen Quantitative ELISA Test Kits..........50 Control DNAs ............................................67 SENSISpec Allergen Detection ELISA Kits ..10 l’Screen Quantitative ELISA Test Kits..........27 B ZERO® Quantitative ELISA Test Kits ........50 Supplementary Products ............................10 SENSIColumn Immunoaffinity Columns ......27 Other Kits to Detect Veterinary Drug SENSISpec Gluten Detection ELISA Kits.....11 IClean Immunoaffinity Columns ..................27 Residues and Additives .............................51 ENVIRONMENT AND SENSISpec Allergen Spike Solutions ..........11 Supplementary Products ............................27 WATER / LIFE SCIENCES .... 71 SENSIStrip Lateral Flow Tests ....................12 SENSISwab Swabbing Solution ..................12 VETERINARY DIAGNOSTICS .. 53 Eurofins Technologies Environment and GENETICALLY MODIFIED Water Kits ................................................71 ORGANISMS (GMO)............ 31 Eurofins Technologies Algal Toxins ..............................................72 VITAMIN ANALYSIS ............ 15 Veterinary Diagnostic Kits ..........................53 Estrogen Kits (US only) .............................74 Eurofins Technologies GMO Kits .................31 Serological Assays .....................................54 Industrial Chemicals / Hydrocarbons ...........74 Eurofins Technologies Vitamin Kits .............15 SpeciesScreen RT Kits Multispecies .............................................54 Markers for Bioactivity ...............................74 SENSISpec ELISA Vitamin Kits ..................15 (Qualitative Real-Time PCR, LR+HR) ..........32 Porcine ....................................................54 Surfactants ..............................................74 SENSIColumn Vitamin Immunoaffinity SpeciesIdent RT Kits Ruminants ...............................................56 Pesticides ................................................75 Columns ..................................................15 (Qualitative Real-Time PCR) .......................32 Canine .....................................................58 Pesticides: Glyphosate ...............................75 SpeciesQuant RT Kits Rabbit .....................................................59 ELISA Plate, Tube & Test Strip Readers & (Qualitative Real-Time PCR) .......................32 Feline ......................................................59 Equipment ...............................................75 FOOD PATHOGENS ............. 17 GMOScreen kits for Real-Time PCR Equine .....................................................60 Life Sciences / R&D ..................................76 (Qualitative Real-Time PCR) .......................32 Molecular Biology Assays ...........................62 AbraMag® Magnetic Purifications Kits .........76 Eurofins Technologies Pathogen Kits ...........17 GMOQuant & GMOIdent RT Kits PCR kits for Multispecies ...........................62 Magnetic Separator Racks .........................76 BACGene Real-Time PCR Kits ....................18 (Quantitative PCR, LR+HR) ........................34 PCR kits for Porcine ..................................62 AbraMag® Magnetic Beads .........................76 Waterborne Bacterial Pathogens: Real-time Corn ........................................................34 PCR kits for Ruminants .............................63 PCR Kits ..................................................18 Cotton......................................................35 PCR kits for Avian .....................................63 Enrichment Media for BACGene .................18 Soy ..........................................................36 PCR kits for Canine ...................................63 INSTRUMENTS .................. 79 Other Kits ................................................18 Rapeseed .................................................37 BACGene Accessory items .........................18 Rice ........................................................37 ThunderBolt® ............................................80 BACSpec ELISA Kits .................................19 Flax .........................................................37 The BoltTM ................................................81 Enrichment Medium for BACSpec ..............19 Sugarbeet ................................................38 Product Overview 0157 and non-0157 STEC Detection ..........19 Potato ......................................................38 IMS Beads for the use with Salmon ....................................................38 BACGene E. coli STEC Solution ..................19 Control DNA GMOs ...................................39 Shiga Toxins .............................................19 Control DNA’s Plant Species.......................41 Accessory Kits for Real-Time PCR ...............41 ELISA Kits (GMO) .....................................44 FOODBORNE VIRUSES ....... 21 Lateral Flow Devices (GMO) .......................44 Lateral Flow Devices (GMO - AP Testing) .....45 Test Kits / Methods ELISA Lateral flow PCR IAC Eurofins Technologies Additional GMO ELISA Kits and Proteins .....45 Food Allergens • • Foodborne Viruses Kits ..............................21 Vitamin Analysis • • VIRSeek Solution ......................................21 Foodborne Pathogens • • DNA AND RNA EXTRACTION 47 Viruses • GMOs SARS-CoV-2 VIRUS ............ 21 DNA and RNA Extraction Kits ....................47 • • • DNA Extraction and Electrophoresis ............47 Mycotoxins • • • Eurofins Technologies SARS-CoV-2 Kits ......23 Veterinary Drug Residues • • VIRSeek SARS-CoV-2 Solution Kits .............23 Animal Species • Veterinary Diagnostics • • • Environmental and Water • • Find the best solution for your in-house testing operations Rapid testing technologies: a growing market The on-site testing solutions market has seen significant growth over the past few years, with the global market size estimated to be valued at 2bn USD in 2020. This includes not only food and feed analysis but environmental and clinical samples as well. The growth is attributed to the customers’ need for fast and reliable test results as these in-house testing laboratories face mounting pressure to meet new regulatory and customer standards, all the while ensuring quality and the timely release of safe product. Eurofins Technologies: diagnostic kits, instruments and custom services Eurofins Technologies is a global provider of fast, reliable, and easy to use diagnostic test kits and instruments in the fields of bioanalytical testing for the food, feed, environmental, biopharma, and clinical industries. The in-house R&D teams have expertise in developing a wide range of innovative methods and applications to meet the testing needs of both research and industry. Our experts at Eurofins Technologies are able to customize programs to serve specific needs with competitive pricing and high quality standards. 4 FIND THE BEST SOLUTION | EUROFINS TECHNOLOGIES EUROFINS TECHNOLOGIES | FIND THE BEST SOLUTION 5 EUROPE Where We Are Germany, Austria & Switzerland: Eurofins GeneScan Technologies Eurofins Technologies Contacts [email protected] Central-East Europe: Eurofins Technologies Hungary [email protected] UK, Nordics and France: [email protected] Italy: Eurofins Tecna [email protected] Spain: Eurofins Ingenasa [email protected] USA North America: Eurofins Technologies North America [email protected] Eurofins Abraxis [email protected] ASIA Asia Pacific: Eurofins Technologies Singapore [email protected] China: Eurofins Technologies China [email protected] India: Eurofins Amar Immunodiagnostics [email protected] AUSTRALIA Australia & New Zealand: Eurofins Technologies Australia [email protected] 6 WHERE WE ARE | EUROFINS TECHNOLOGIES EUROFINS TECHNOLOGIES | WHERE WE ARE 7 ALLERGENS Food allergens are proteins in food which can trigger allergic, sometimes even life- threatening reactions in sensitized individuals. Even extremely low allergen concentrations are sufficient to cause allergic symptoms. 90% of all food allergies are caused by the following 8 common food categories: milk, eggs, peanuts, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, wheat and soy. EU directive 2003/89/EC requires food manufacturers to label their products with all ingredients potentially capable of causing
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