Sample6 yesterday announced that DETECT/L™, an enrichment-free, single-shift pathogen diagnostic for Listeria species, has been awarded AOAC Certification from the AOAC Research Institute’s Performance Tested Methods (PTM) Program.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 48 million people (one in six Americans) get sick from foodborne illnesses each year, while 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die. Listeria, the target of DETECT/L, has the highest mortality rate of any foodborne illness.