AOAC Grants PTM Approval to Invisible Sentinel's Listeria Assay
Invisible Sentinel Inc. announced Monday that its rapid diagnostic for the detection of Listeria species has received Performance Tested Methods certification from the Association of Analytical Communities (AOAC).
The company’s Veriflow® Listeria species assay (Veriflow LS), has been approved to detect bacterial contamination by Listeria species in various food types, including ready-to-eat foods, deli meat, and dairy products, and on various surfaces with which food is in contact during preparation and packaging. Listeria species testing accounts for more than 40% of all food pathogen testing in the U.S., according to the company.