ERM Ruminant pDNA Calibrant for PAP detection (acc. to EURL-AP method)

In the 1990s, due to BSE risks control, the use of animal meal (PAP) in zootechnical nutrition was strictly prohibited. This measure was very effective and BSE in cattle was eradicated. Hence, in 2013 the European Commission decided to allow again the use of PAPs, with the exclusion of those obtained from ruminants (cattle and sheep), in the preparation of feed. In June 2021 amendment, the regulation on the use of PAPs allowed new uses but banned “intra-species recycling“. To enforce these rules the EU reference laboratory for animal proteins in feed (EURL-AP) validated three qPCR diagnostic protocols detecting any ruminant, pork, and poultry material in feed. This set of plasmids dPCR quantified is the sole approved for the calibration of EURL-AP official method and the use is fundamental for the correct interpretation of experimental data.