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Sampling is used in food safety to select a representative part of a food, thing or condition having to do with food for the purpose of determining parameters or characteristics of the whole.

Amid consumer, regulatory and food processor urgency to address and resolve food safety issues increases in value-added foodborne pathogen detection options is also evident.  

When we examine the food safety risks of plastic contaminants in food products, we are faced with a number of possibilities.

By eliminating the weighing, dissolving, sterilizing and waiting associated with other quality control methods, quality assurance technicians could simply inoculate, incubate and count.

Accurate, reliable assays for detecting both Salmonella and E. coli O157:H7 in a variety of food types using a single 8-hour enrichment media help protect the global food supply.

Top-performing food microbiology laboratories realize the importance of effective proficiency testing programs.

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.