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Food processors’ decisions regarding pathogen detection technology and methods play a critical role in their overall food safety program.

Real-time PCR has simple, user-friendly features that allow the proper training of laboratory technicians and the production of laboratory results more efficiently.

A PCR-based detection method rapidly and specifically identifies Listeria species in or on food and environmental samples.

Testing for Salmonella and inspection of processing environments will need to constantly improve to assure consumer safety.

To analyze a large number of samples whose pesticide treatment is unknown, FDA uses analytical methods capable of simultaneously determining a number of pesticide residues.

Adulteration of pure honey with synthetic honey has become much more prevalent in recent years.