In China customers can check suspicious food products with test strips soon

Paper test strips soon to be available to the general public in China, that will allow anyone to check a variety of foods, in particular: are there harmful drug residues or other harmful substances in the products.

With the tool, developed at the Tianjin University, Northern China, artificial pathogens ie. disease-causing bacteria devices can be detected as well as excessive amounts of drug residues.

The test strip – among laboratory conditions – can identify more than 60 chemical agents in food products. Food adulteration scandals are common in China. (MTI)