An overview of the legislation and light microscopy for detection of Processed Animal Proteins in feeds


  • Liu, X. , Han, L. , Veys, P. , Baeten, V. , Jiang, X. & Dardenne, P. (2011). An overview of the legislation and light microscopy for detection of Processed Animal Proteins in feeds. Microscopy Research and Technique, 74: (8), 735-743.
Type Journal Article
Year 2011
Title An overview of the legislation and light microscopy for detection of Processed Animal Proteins in feeds
Journal Microscopy Research and Technique
Label U15-1598-Baeten-2011
Edition Journal Article
Recnumber 682
Volume 74
Issue 8
Pages 735-743
Date 13 October 2010
Endnote Keywords PAP|BSE|meat and bone meal|fish meal|
Abstract From the first cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) among cattle in the United Kingdom in 1986, the route of infection of BSE is generally believed by means of feeds containing low level of processed animal proteins (PAPs). Therefore, many feed bans and alternative and complementary techniques were resulted for the BSE safeguards in the world. Now the feed bans are expected to develop into a ?species to species? ban, which requires the corresponding species-specific identification methods. Currently, banned PAPs can be detected by various methods as light microscopy, polymerase chain reaction, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, near infrared spectroscopy, and near infrared microscopy. Light microscopy as described in the recent Commission Regulation EC/152/2009 is the only official method for the detection and characterization of PAPs in feed in the European Union. It is able to detect the presence of constituents of animal origin in feed at the level of 1 g/kg with hardly any false negative. Nevertheless, light microscopy has the limitation of lack of species specificity. This article presents a review of legislations on the use of PAPs in feedstuff, the detection details of animal proteins by light microscopy, and also presents and discusses the analysis procedure and expected development of the technique.
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Lien http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jemt.20951
Authors Liu, X., Han, L., Veys, P., Baeten, V., Jiang, X., Dardenne, P.

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