Clenbuterol contaminated meat detection kit

Master Bui Quoc Anh decided to study the topic of the Clenbuterol (test) rapid detection kit (weight gain substance, increasing leanness) in meat and poultry, while studying at Sydney University, Australia.

Know the result after half an hour

After more than a year of research, the UK has found the process and method to produce Clenbuterol substance detection test kit. At first, when he brought the product to the veterinary testing agency; The FCC Inspection Center under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development was rejected, citing the fact that 'goods produced by Vietnam are not stable quality .'. Undeterred, he proceeded to control these units to see the positive effect of this 'Made in Vietnam' kit.

Clenbuterol recognition is based on discoloration. Take some shredded meat and mix it with the solution (included with the test kit). After a few minutes, bring the collected mixed solution into a 'well' (a hole in the test kit). Based on the change in the color of the solution in the 'well', the contamination content will be known. On a test set there are 96 'wells' and within half an hour it is possible to give results. The test kit also detected Clenbuterol in urine, animal and poultry feed.

The test kit designed by Master Bui Quoc Anh can detect Clenbuterol toxic level booster within half an hour.Photo: Thai Ngoc

Innotech company in Ho Chi Minh City has been transferred technology to commercialize the test kit. Mr. Trinh Minh Hieu, Director of Innotech said: the objects that Innotech targets are provincial veterinary departments and centers; laboratory, analysis; wholesale markets; market management; companies producing animal feed, food processing . For less than 100 USD (about 1.6 million VND / set), only 1/4 of the imported test kit, so the product is burning There are advantages to competition. Especially, according to Master Quoc Anh, people without expertise can also use this test kit easily.

Potential market

PGS - Dr. La Van Kinh, Deputy Director of Southern Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology said, initially, Clenbuterol used to enhance respiratory for horses, dogs . racing, but later used by livestock industry. Weight gainers for cattle and poultry. Using cattle meat containing Clenbuterol, can be acute poisoning with symptoms: dizziness, shortness of breath, headache, muscle tremor, heart attack, dizziness, hypertension . This is a substance capable of causing cancer.

Dr. Huynh Huu Tho, Head of Diagnosis and Treatment Laboratory, of Ho Chi Minh City Veterinary Department, said that many stations still use test kits imported from the US and Europe to identify Clenbuterol in food; cattle; live poultry; foods. The purchase of these test kits often must go through intermediaries, so the price is high (300-400 USD per set). Not people in the profession, it is difficult to detect Clenbuterol contaminated meat. Therefore, the test kit will be highly commercialized in the Vietnamese market.