The object of present invention is to provide an immunoassay for dioxins which
can rapidly and simply afford measured values having a good correlation with analytical
values of dioxins by the official method (GC/MS method). The above object is achieved
by using the monoclonal antibody of the present invention having not only a reactivity
with the indicator isomer among 17 kinds of PCDDs and PCDFs each having a predetermined
WHO-TEF value, but also a high cross-reactivity with several kinds of dioxin isomers
having five or six chlorine atoms which contribute largely to a TEQ value, and
also having a stable reactivity with the antigens in a measuring solvent.