Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. recently announced that AOAC INTERNATIONAL has approved Bio-Rad’s iQ-Check Enterobacteriaceae Real-Time PCR Detection Kit, which is used to detect Enterobacteriaceae in dairy products. Enterobacteriaceae is a large family of gram-negative bacteria, which includes Escherichia coli, Salmonella, and others.
The iQ-Check Enterobacteriaceae Real-Time PCR Detection Kit method was validated against the ISO reference method using Bio-Rad’s PIF Supplement, which facilitates a shorter enrichment time for sample sizes up to 375 grams. Bio-Rad offers a fully harmonized enrichment protocol for real-time PCR and cultural methods to individually detect Enterobacteriaceae, Cronobacter, and Salmonella from a single sample, helping to decrease the costs, labor, and time associated with testing dairy products.