BAX® System Readopted by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service
Hygiena’s BAX® System – a genetics-based screening method – has been readopted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to detect harmful pathogens in meat, poultry, and eggs.
On July 6, USDA FSIS awarded Hygiena an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for pathogen detection instruments and kits for a base of 1 year, with an option for the agency to continue the contract for up to 5 years. The BAX® System for pathogen detection has been the agency’s preferred method for detecting harmful pathogens in the nation’s meat, poultry, and egg supply for more than 10 years.