Launches IPDK, which is 100 per cent field-deployable starting from the sample extraction till the interpretation of the results
Dr Bhupendra Nath Tripathi, Deputy Director General (Animal Science), ICAR and Dr Amrish Kumar Tyagi, ADG (Animal Nutrition & Physiology), ICAR released the ’Immunochromatography-based Pork Detection Kit (IPDK)’ developed by the ICAR-National Research Centre of Meat, Hyderabad.
Dr SB Barbuddhe, Director, ICAR-NRC on Meat, Hyderabad signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the MR Labs, Hyderabad for the Licensing of the Technical Know-how for the kit during the occasion.
Dr Naveena BM, Principal Scientist, Dr Rituparna Banerjee, Scientist and Dr SB Barbuddhe, Director, ICAR-NRC on meat acted as the team members for developing the kit.
The kit is 100 per cent field-deployable starting from the sample extraction till the interpretation of the results. Having the capability of completing the test within 15 minutes, the kit is highly sensitive (0.5 per cent w/w), species-specific and does not require any specialised laboratory set-up, refrigerated storage or skilled manpower.
