DEVICE, METHOD, SYSTEM AND KIT FOR THE DETECTION OF CONTAMINANTS AND/OR PATHOGENS IN CONSUMABLES BY WAY OF A COLOR-CHANGE ANALYSIS USING NANOPARTICLES WITHIN A HYDROGEL

摘要

A visually readable sensor system for detecting at least one of a presence of, absence of, or concentration of a molecule of interest in a consumable sample comprises a hydrogel comprising an analyte detecting nanoparticle, which is at least one of the following: directly interactable and indirectly interactable with the molecule of interest such that upon an interaction, there is produced a change to a configuration of the nanoparticles which is a visible to the human eye