Histamine Rapid Test Kit

1. High reproducible kit.
2. Faster result in 10 minutes.
3. Result is easy to be judged.
4. Sensitivity - 20 ppm for fish and shrimp).
5. Fast delivery time, good quality and resonable price.
6. Made by Taiwan.

Histamine is the causative agent of scombroid poisoning, a foodborne chemical intoxication. Histamine is regulated by the FDA in accordance to the implementation of the HACCP principles in seafood industry. The guideline for histamine in fish and fishery product is 5mg/100g. Histamine is formed post-mortem in fish by proliferation of bacteria synthesizing histidine decarboxylase, the enzyme converting histidine to histamine. Freezing may inactivate the enzyme-forming bacteria. Both the enzyme and the bacteria can be inactivated by cooking. However, once histamine is formed, it cannot be eliminated by heat (including retorting) or freezing. After cooking, recontamination of the fish with the enzyme-forming bacteria is necessary for additional histamine to form. For these reasons, histamine development is more likely in raw, unfrozen fish. Histamine fish poisoning, also known as scombroid poisoning, is a histamine toxicity syndrome that results from eating specific types of spoiled fish. Although typically a benign syndrome, characterized by self-limited flushing, headache, and gastrointestinal symptoms. The Histamine Rapid test is based on the specific immuno-chemical reactions between antigen and antibody.
It relies on the competition between Histamine residues in the sample and the Histamine immobilized on T line on the membrane for the Histamine antibody-dye conjugate. Since the drug has been presenting in the sample, it will compete with the drug immobilized on T line, to the limited amount of dye-antibody. As a sufficient amount of drug in the sample is presenting, the drug will saturate the antibody. Consequently, it will show an extremely light or even invisible T line, indicating a positive result.  On the other hand, if there is a negative sample (or the amount of the drug is lower than the minimum detectable concentration, 20 ppm), it will generate two obvious lines in both the T and C line section.