Food Allergens Detection Solutions

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1 Food Allergens Detection Solutions GENERON Food Safety in our Genes

2 Values to rely on GENERON assays feed your safety and quality assurance through our best direct technical support. Generon is a young, expanding company specialized in the production and distribution of test solutions for the food and feed industries. Generon biotechnology labs are located in Modena, in the heart of Italian Food Valley, once known as the breadbasket of the Roman Empire. As food safety specialist Generon creates and select sharp, cost effective and efficient test kits to provide an ever increasingly demanding market with accurate and ready-to-use solutions and meet customers needs. At Generon we mostly aim to select and offer best-in-range and easy to use assays along with an effective, specific and just-in-time technical support. Behind every Generon product is the expertise of a dedicated professional team: biologists, chemists, food technologists, customer service and sales specialists all connected and committed to boost customers quality control diagnostics through profitable partnership. Thanks to our organizational capabilities and speed of response we have been able to achieve exceptional results placing us amongst the top players in the market. Even though ever more challenging, future offers exciting prospects and we remain high-reaching, willing to get further and to become the leading benchmark in the food & feed safety field.

3 Contents Allergens Detection Allergen and food safety Allergen risk management Why choose Generon Generon Partners Generon Products ALLflow ALLwell SPECIALfinder Detectable Allergens Generon portfolio

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5 Allergens Detection Allergens and food safety Allergens risk management Why choose Generon Generon partners

6 Food allergens control needs SPECIAL care In a globalized food market with increasing demand for quality and safety monitoring, there is a need for streamlined testing solutions that are sensitive, accurate, and easy to use with a variety of starting materials. Allergens are becoming an increasingly important issue for food safety. The presence of hidden allergens may be due to two main reasons: the use of processing lines for multiple products during manufacturing and packaging; the use of proprietary ingredients that where derived from allergenic raw materials (starches, texturants ).

7 A growing health concern throughout the World Up to 15 million Americans have food allergies Food allergy is a growing concern: according to a study released in 2013 by the CDC, food allergies among children increased approximately 50% over the last decade. There is no cure for food allergies. Early detection of allergens proteins in food is one of the important measures to prevent serious health consequences. Data Source: Foodallergy.org

8 Allergen risk management Most cases of severe food allergic reactions and deaths are due to hidden allergens. Unexpected presence of an allergen in a food product: unusual ingredient presence of allergen not indicated on ingredients list carry-over or cross-contamination during processing Food companies have a responsibility to establish a food safety management system to comply with legal requirements. Allergen Management should be an integrated part of food safety assurance strategies and should consider the risk from food allergens together with other food safety risks. 1. Audit Ingredients Supplier 2. Monitor Incoming Goods 3. Trace Ingredients Warehousing /handling 6. Finished Products 5. Ensuring Final Product Segregation 4. Monitor Processing and Packaging Equipment

9 Why choose Generon We are developers, manufacturers and distributors of food testing kits however delivering boxes, is not our sole mission. Generon focuses on helping food companies gathering useful information to make smarter decisions on food allergens related risks. Consultancy Training We offer constant pre- and post-sales support Advice We single out the most suitable solution according to the customer s needs Generon team is by the customer s side to offer the best on-site training Test Kit Supplying We promptly deliver our products Worldwide We help you in choosing the best solution to protect your company from costly recalls and brand damages.

10 Generon Partners At Generon, we have excellent in-house talents and resources and we consider them as one of our main strategic pillars; at the same time we are also open to new ideas and collaboration with other companies in our industry, since we believe that by working together we can set new standards and deliver the best value for our customers. Our partnership strategy is based on the accurate selection of manufacturing business partners around the world, all willing and committed to improve customer s quality of life. We collaborate with global partners who share our same vision: offering excellent turn-key solutions for demanding clients willing to perform allergens control with a high level of accuracy and confidence.

11 Elution Technologies We strive to maintain our companies position as being the gold standard in allergen testing. We do this through continued development of new technologies that meet the stringent requirements needed to assure our corporate customers and the general consumer that their consumables are safe to eat. We also do this through customer service, we treat every potential and current customer as if they were our only customer. T.Grace - CEO and Founder Ingenasa We can proudly define ourselves as a private company dedicated to biotechnological research. We were born for this purpose over 30 years ago and despite the great evolution we have undergone; our goal remains the same, the search for biotechnological tools applied to healthcare. C. Romero - Product Manager LDN LDN was founded in 1996 in Nordhorn, our focus aside from selling great products is to support them. Our concern is your satisfaction and confidence in using the latest and newest technologies from our company. Our team is highly trained and experienced as both end users and developers. We believe this philosophy gives our support, in addition to efficiency, a personal touch exclusive to our products. R.Klemm Sales Manager BioO Scientific As a leader in the food and feed safety testing industry, Bioo Scientific develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of food and feed diagnostic kits for the detection of microbial and industrial contaminants. We are uniquely positioned to react quickly to changing market needs developing unique kits. With our quality management system certified to ISO 9001:2008 standards, Bioo Scientific strives to deliver high quality products and services in conjunction with exceptional customer service and technical support. M. MacBeath Export Manager

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13 Generon Solutions ALLflow ALLwell SPECIALfinder ION-Force Detectable Allergens Generon Portfolio

14 Generon solutions portfolio of methods Many tools are available for detection of allergens or allergenic foods. Choice of method depends on specific use, such as type of food matrix and analytical capabilities. Moreover, more than one method may be needed per food allergen. Generon offers an integrated Portfolio of methods: Applicable to all food commodities processed or not and also to Environmental Swabs Purge Materials CIP rinsate Highly specific; Quantitative; Highly sensitive; Covering all food allergens.

15 ALLflow: the most rapid ALLflow kits assays are Antibody-based methods resembling a home pregnancy test. When present in the food extract the allergen will bind to the antibodies adsorbed on the strip then forming a visible line indicating the positivity. positive negative Collect sample Extract Get results ALLflow kits contains everything required to perform rapid, on-site tests providing the following benefits: Simple and fast procedure with no lab equipment required; Qualitative rapid on-site analysis, yes/no results in less than 10 minutes; Allergen detection in both processed and unprocessed food; Major advantages in the analysis of CIP, swabbing, and incoming raw ingredients when time to result is fundamental; State-of-art sensitivity.

16 ALLwell: the most used ALLwell kits are based on Sandwich-ELISA and are the most used and accepted worldwide for testing in food industry. In this method the specific allergen in the sample extract is captured by antibodies attached to the plastic wells of a microtiter plate. After washing, a second antibody (conjugated to HRP enzyme) is added binding to the allergen. When an appropriate chemical substrate is added HRP converts it into a colored solution: allergen contamination is then proportional to the intensity of the color. Capturing Sandwiching Coloring ALLWell kits contains everything required to perform rapid, on-site tests providing the following benefits: Compatible with all samples e.g. raw ingredients, finished products, rinse water, swabs; Quantitative Measurement of allergen content in the tested sample; State-of-art sensitivity; Fairly rapid with minimal equipment needs; Possibility of automation and data evaluation and traceability.

17 ALLwell histamine/sulfite kit: the most used ALLwell portfolio includes also kits for the detection of sulfites (an allergen) and histamine (the amine that mediates allergies) causing acute intoxications with symptoms resembling allergy. The kits exploit specific enzymatic reactions that in the presence of these chemicals convert a clear reagent into a dyed solution. The intensity of the color is proportional to the contamination. Collect sample Extract Enzymatic reaction Coloring The unique features of the kit are: Rapid aqueous extraction method; IUV-Vis spectrophotometric detection method permits easy analysis of samples in cuvette and microplate format; Custom sample preparation to meet sulfite (in wine, beer, dried fruit, jam, and fruit juice matrices) and histamine (in fish, wine and cheese) maximum concentration requirements; High sensitivity and low detection limit (as low as 0.5 ppm for sulfite and 0.1 ppm for histamine); Compatibile with high-creep matrices.

18 SPECIALfinder: the most innovative SPECIALfinder Real-Time PCR kits detect DNA sequences indicative of the presence of allergenic species. DNA is a very stable molecule being almost unaffected by food processing whereas proteins are easily denatured hampering the detection through antibody based techniques. The technique offers a high degree of detection specificity and differentiates closely-related species. Noteworthy, it s the sole method to detect celery. DNA extraction from sample DNA amplification DNA results SPECIALfinder kits provide the following benefits: Modern method for detection and quantification of a wide range of allergens. Multi-target screening potential on the same DNA extract. Protocols are simple and can be automated for high sample numbers. State-of-art sensitivity. High specificity minimizes risks of cross reactivity leading to false positives.

19 ION-Force: the most innovative Ion-Force Fast DNA Extractor is a sample preparation kit specifically designed to process a variety of food materials, providing an optimal workflow performance. It is a kit planned to be universal, simplified, and rapid, maximizing the yield and purity of the DNA extracted from different samples either raw or processed. It is an essential system to obtain repeatable and reproducible data from downstream Real-Time PCR analysis. Ion-Force Fast DNA Extractor kit provides the following benefits: 1-4 all approach: it allows extraction from both vegetal or animal matrices using the same kit; Fragmented DNA recovery: it allows extraction of short DNA fragments from processed matrices subjected to changes which lead to DNA degradation and fragmentation; Scalable Protocol: it allows extractions from large and representative sampling units; Progressive clean-up: it allows removal of PCR inhibitors from complex matrices generating optimal and reliable results.

20 Detectable Allergens Thanks to Generon solutions you can detect a wide range of allergens proteins. Veggies Barley Celery Gluten Mustard Oat Sesame Soy Rye Wheat Seafood Crustaceans Shellfish Fish Chemicals Histamine Sulfite

21 Tree Nuts Almond Brazil nut Cashew Coconut Hazelnut Lupin Macadamia Peanut Pecan nut Pine nut Pistachio Walnut Dairies ß-LG Casein Egg Milk

22 Generon portfolio a further look Generon was born in the North of Italy where the enogastronomy is a national art. Thanks to its expertise it is aware of the importance of the role that food testing plays in quality control of food production chain. Generon offers many test solutions for different food & feed safety industries. Generon solutions business portfolio focuses on: Food Allergens For the detection of allergens proteins. Ingredients Authenticity For assessing ingredients authenticity (e.g. meat species ID). GMO For the screening, identification and quantification of a wide selection of GMO events according to EU norms. Microbiology For detecting the presence of a wide range of pathogenic or spoilage microorganisms. Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins For the detection of the most widespread mycotoxins and phycotoxins. Chemical Residues For diverse agrochemicals and veterinary drug compounds detection.

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