Life Technologies’ Pathatrix Salmonella Kit Receives AFNOR Approval
Life Technologies Corporation today announced that the AFNOR Certification system of France has issued the sector-leading NF Validation quality mark for the Pathatrix® 10 Pooling Salmonella spp. Kit linked to MicroSEQ® Salmonella spp. Detection Kit. Company officials said the approval provides further validation of the alternative cost-effective solution for the accurate detection of Salmonella in a variety of sample matrices, noting that the Pathatrix® 10 Pooling Salmonella spp. Kit received AOAC PTM approval earlier this year.
“Completing the AFNOR certification process provides our customers with the confidence in alternative methods that can be used against a reference method,” said Nir Nimrodi, general manager of Life Technologies' Animal and Food Safety Business. “The scope and stringency of NF Validation, requiring an extensive validation study as well as a multi-lab ring trial, demonstrates the method’s robustness and accuracy.”