Confidential Allergen Analysis
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Confidential
Allergen Analysis
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The FARRP confidential anaylitical laboratory offers confidential allergen residue analysis for various allergenic foods. A list of these assays, along with our prices and policies are found below.
Assays
Methods and Prices
Sample Submission
Sample Request Form
Note: Before you send samples, please discuss your needs with the FARRP lab staff by contacting them at 402-472-4484. It is especially important to contact the laboratory before submitting hydrolyzed samples, fermented samples or test samples for the presence of intact sesame seed. When submitting samples, please use our Sample Request Form.
Please be sure to consult the FARRP staff particularly prior to submitting samples that have been either fermented or hydrolyzed. Click here for more information.
Assays
FARRP offers food allergen analysis for the following substances:
- Almond
- Clam*
- Crustacean Shellfish*
- Milk/Dairy
- Egg
- Gluten/Gliadin (wheat, rye, barley)
- Hazelnut
- Histamine
- Pecan*
- Peanut
- Sesame*
- Soy Flour
- Walnut
* Please check with FARRP lab to review limitations of these assays.
Methods and Prices
Pricing is per sample tested. Normal processing time is three to five working days (Mon.-Fri.) Rush processing (following business day) is available for special circumstances, such as when product is on "hold" or during a recall. Rush processing fee are twice the normal cost.
FARRP uses both its own assays as well as commercially available test kits.
| Analysis | Cost/sample (non-FARRP) |
Cost/sample
(FARRP member) |
| Almond - ELISA* | $80.00 | $55.00 |
| Clam - ELISA | $205.00 | $105.00 |
| Crustacean Shellfish - ELISA*** | $80.00 | $55.00 |
| Milk/Dairy - ELISA* | $80.00 | $55.00 |
| Egg - ELISA* | $80.00 | $55.00 |
| Gluten/Gliadin Analysis** | $80.00 | $55.00 |
| Hazelnut - ELISA* | $80.00 | $55.00 |
| Histamine-ELISA* | $35.00 | $25.00 |
| Pecan - ELISA | $205.00 | $105.00 |
| Peanut - ELISA* | $80.00 | $55.00 |
| Sesame - ELISA*** | $80.00 | $55.00 |
| Soy Flour - ELISA* | $80.00 | $55.00 |
| Walnut - ELISA | $205.00 | $105.00 |
*Using commercial
Neogen kit
** Using commercial Neogen and r-Biopharm kits
*** Using commercial ELISA Systems kit
Other methods FARRP currently is developing include: Cashew, mustard and lupine. (For more information on the status of these research projects, click here)
Sample Submission
Always call (402-472-4484) or FAX (402-472-4474) the FARRP lab staff before sending samples. Tell them how many you are sending and for which allergen they need to be tested.
Please send at least 50 g of each sample to be run. If you only have less than 1 g, please call the FARRP lab to discuss.
Package well; leakage can contaminate other samples and yield unsuitable results.
Please include a filled-out Sample Request Form with your shipment. This assures we have all needed information for handling your samples.
- Download a Sample Request Form:
Ship via overnight courier or via regular mail (if the sample does not need to be kept cold) to:
The FARRP Laboratory
University of Nebraska
143 H. C Filley Hall
Lincoln, NE 68583--0919
Special Considerations
- Fermentation:
- Allergens that are used as a substrate for fermentation of microorganisms cannot be analyzed using the standard ELISA methods. This is because the microorganisms partially break down the allergenic proteins in the fermentation process, and this renders the proteins undetectable in the assays. However, there can still be active allergenic protein residue present that may pose a hazard to allergic individuals. If you wish to analyze a product containing microorganisms, please contact the FARRP lab at 402-472-4484 to discuss the feasibility of this for your sample.
- Hydrolyzed proteins:
- Hydrolyzed proteins cannot be detected using the standard ELSIA methods for allergens. If you wish to analyze for a hydrolyzed protein, please contact the FARRP lab at 402-472-4484 to discuss the testing feasibility of your sample.
- Sesame Seed:
- Testing for the presence of intact sesame seed requires special considerations. Please call the FARRP laboratory at 402-472-4484 to discuss the testing feasibility of your sample.