GENE-UP NUTRAPLEX PRO Assay Achieves AOAC Approval
Bringing an added level of confidence to the robust science that its assay offers, the bioMérieux, Inc. GENE-UP® NUTRAPLEX PRO™ multiplex pathogen detection assay has achieved the AOAC® Research Institute Performance Tested MethodsSM approval (PTM 082103). AOAC validation demonstrated statistical equivalence to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) reference methods for the detection of USP pathogens in comparative studies with a variety of nutraceutical matrices including nutrients, herbals, and dietary supplements. GENE-UP NUTRAPLEX PRO is the first-ever method to be validated as a multiplex pathogen screen and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) culture confirmation method for USP pathogens in nutraceuticals.
A real-time PCR solution for pathogen detection, GENE-UP NUTRAPLEX PRO simultaneously detects Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp. and Staphylococcus aureus from a single universal enrichment in just 24 hours.