The Metolachlor Rapid Test Kit is designed for fast on-site screening of metolachlor residues in tobacco, corn/maize, soybean and other agricultural commodities.
It is especially suitable for tobacco raw material QC, agricultural raw material intake inspection, crop residue screening and pre-LC-MS/MS risk control.
For tobacco companies, processors and agricultural QC teams, the real challenge is often not testing itself, but discovering a high-risk batch too late — after collection, blending, storage, processing or shipment.
This rapid screening solution helps users identify potential metolachlor residue risks earlier, so that high-risk batches can be separated, further confirmed, or prevented from entering downstream production.
Similar rapid screening workflows have already been applied in large-scale tobacco and agricultural screening environments by professional international users, where consistency, practical operation and reliable screening performance are critical.
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Main Testing Matrices
Tobacco Applications — Priority Use Scenario
Metolachlor screening is especially valuable in tobacco-related quality control, including:
* Tobacco companies
* Tobacco raw material suppliers
* Leaf purchasing centers
* Tobacco processing plants
* Third-party QC laboratories
* Large agricultural screening programs
For tobacco, rapid screening helps identify potential residue risk before raw materials enter blending, storage or processing stages.
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Core Field Crop Applications
Metolachlor is closely associated with large-scale agricultural crop systems. The kit can also support screening in important field crop matrices, including:
These crops represent stronger commercial application potential because they are linked to large planting areas, raw material trade, feed supply chains and food processing industries.
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Vegetable & High-Value Crop Applications
For selected applications, metolachlor screening may also be used in:
These matrices are suitable for users who need targeted residue screening before laboratory confirmation.
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Key Application Scenarios
1. Tobacco Raw Material Screening
For fresh tobacco leaves, cured leaves and tobacco raw material batches.
Helps tobacco companies and suppliers screen residue risk before purchasing, blending, storage or processing, reducing the possibility of high-risk materials entering production.
This is the most important positioning for Metolachlor rapid screening, especially for customers with strict internal residue control requirements.
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2. Corn & Soybean Raw Material Intake
For corn/maize, soybean, soybean meal and related crop materials.
Helps grain processors, feed mills and agricultural trading companies screen incoming raw materials before warehouse acceptance or production use.
This is suitable for high-volume agricultural supply chains where fast batch-level decisions are needed.
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3. Agricultural Residue Risk Control
For peanut, cottonseed, sugar beet, sugarcane and selected vegetables.
Helps QC teams identify potentially high-risk batches before sending samples for laboratory confirmation, improving daily screening efficiency and reducing unnecessary laboratory workload.
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4. Pre-LC-MS/MS Screening
For laboratories, tobacco QC teams and agricultural processors handling many samples.
Rapid screening can help users first separate low-risk and high-risk samples, so confirmatory LC-MS/MS or GC-MS/MS testing can be used more efficiently.
The kit is not intended to replace laboratory confirmation. It is designed as a front-end risk control tool before laboratory testing.
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Why Metolachlor Rapid Screening Matters
Metolachlor residue control is often handled through laboratory multi-residue methods. However, in real production and supply-chain management, laboratory testing alone may not be fast enough for daily batch decisions.
Rapid screening helps users:
* Detect residue risk earlier
* Improve tobacco raw material control
* Reduce delayed discovery after blending or processing
* Support faster intake decisions for corn and soybean
* Reduce unnecessary laboratory workload
* Build a more practical residue monitoring workflow
For professional users, this kit is not just a simple strip. It is a practical pre-LC-MS/MS screening tool for tobacco QC, agricultural raw material control and routine residue risk management.
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Technical Specifications
Item Description
Detection Target Metolachlor / S-Metolachlor
Detection Type Qualitative / Semi-quantitative with reader
Priority Application Tobacco residue screening
Main Crop Matrices Corn/maize, soybean, peanut, cottonseed, sugar beet, sugarcane
Additional Matrices Tomato, carrot, cucumber, melon, celery, radish, beans, leafy vegetables
Result Reading Visual / Optional reader-assisted interpretation
Use Scenario Tobacco QC, raw material intake, crop residue screening, pre-LC-MS/MS screening
Storage 4–30°C
Shelf Life 15 months
Operation On-site rapid screening
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Optional Reader-Assisted Analysis
Results may be interpreted visually or with an optional dedicated reader.
When used with the reader, the system can:
* Improve POSITIVE / NEGATIVE interpretation
* Provide semi-quantitative reference values
* Support digital documentation and traceability
* Help professional users manage batch-level QC records
This upgrade is especially suitable for tobacco companies, laboratories and large agricultural QC programs.
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Laboratory-Backed Screening Solution
We are not only a rapid test strip supplier.
Our strength lies in an integrated system covering:
With our own laboratories equipped with LC-MS/MS and GC-MS/MS systems, we can evaluate how rapid screening results align with laboratory reference methods in validated applications.
This does not mean the rapid test replaces laboratory instruments. It means our rapid screening products are supported by laboratory-backed verification, matrix evaluation and long-term optimization.
This capability helps customers gain more confidence when using rapid screening as a front-end risk control tool.
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Brand Trust & Real-World Validation
Proven in Professional Tobacco & Agricultural Screening Environments
Metolachlor screening requires more than a low-cost strip. Professional users care about whether the method can work consistently in real samples, real workflows and real production pressure.
Similar rapid screening workflows have already been applied in large-scale tobacco and agricultural screening environments by international corporate users, where operational practicality, screening reliability and result consistency are essential.
With 20+ years of rapid test manufacturing expertise, in-house R&D, large-scale production and laboratory-backed verification capability, we provide more than a product.
We provide a practical residue screening solution for tobacco companies, agricultural processors, QC laboratories and professional users who need reliable front-end risk control before laboratory confirmation.
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Established in 2005, NKBIO Group Co., Ltd. is a national high-tech enterprise dedicated in developing, manufacturing and marketing Rapid Test Kits in Food and Feed Analysis, Animal Disease as well as Clinical Diagnostics.
The Rapid Tests can detect the animal disease, residues of antibiotics, mycotoxins, veterinary drugs, pesticides, microorganism, heavy metal, illegal additives and toxic chemicals in all kind of foods and feeds. It is an accurate, cost-effective method as a screening solution, useful for both labs and field testing, can also be applied for the quality control “From farm to fork”.
NKBIO have three Advanced Third Party Independent laboratories to guarantee, further confirm the results from the preliminary Positive & Negative Samples, have capability to issue formally, official testing reports which acknowledged by both government authority and academic institutions.
With Rapid Testing Branch, Software Engineering & Equipment Branch and Service of complete solution Branch, we have successfully built Food & Feed Quality Management Traceability System for regulation of Government Authority and Enterprises.
NKBIO values the innovation, have widely technological and scientific research cooperation with national top-level universities and scientific research institutes, like Zhejiang University, Jinan University, South China Agricultural University, Academy of Agricultural Sciences. We have published many of technical literatures, got hundreds of prizes & certificates, and also undertaken making rules and regulations for Food and Feed testing standards for government authority.
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