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From a screening perspective, food safety managers continue to seek "the perfect test"? to easily, rapidly and accurately determine if the organism is present in food samples.

Getting food sample test results as quickly as possible is always at the top of the wish list for the majority of food industry laboratories.

Since the inception of lateral flow device tests, users have appreciated just how easy they are to use.

Fast, accurate results are critical for delivering safer food products for consumers and more profitable growth for food companies.

The combining of immunomagnetic separation and polymerase chain reaction to create a single method has proven to be a very promising new approach to food safety.

There is a grave misunderstanding in our industry that the ATP monitoring system is a “bug test” when it really is a “dirt test.”

While it is not supposed to be there, acrylamide can form in food as a result of a heat-induced reaction between two naturally occurring ingredients, the amino acid asparagine and reducing sugars.

Dave Theno’s commitment to transparency guides the industry through a horrific failure in food protection.

The food industry understands that Listeria is constantly moving around and being reintroduced into the environment.

As interest in the use of advanced thermal and nonthermal technologies to process foods increases worldwide, special attention must be paid to identifying key goals for these new tools.