Microbiological Testing & Analysis

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For ready-to-eat food processors, developing and implementing pathogen environmental monitoring programs are important parts of their sanitation controls.

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains can cause foodborne illness, necessitating the expansion of testing for these organisms.

The ability to rapidly detect the presence of viable pathogens along the production chain is essential for determining intervention and control strategies.

Measuring coliforms is critical in a wide variety of source water applications, including required regulatory compliance testing, bottled water testing, and for fresh-cut produce or fruit rinse water .

Neogen’s Listeria Right Now™ test system detects Listeria in environmental samples in under 60 minutes—with molecular-level accuracy and without the need to enrich samples.

The SimPlate system meets the need for more rapid enumeration systems for microorganisms, allowing faster response times to potential food quality or food safety problems.

The BAX System Real-Time Salmonella Assay has been shown to accurately detect Salmonella spp., even in matrices that contain inhibitory compounds.

The major safety threats to Cannabis products are bacterial pathogens; these products thus need regulatory guidelines for testing.

The number of reported incidents and recalls related to Listeria and L. monocytogenes has been increasing, and processors are making efforts to rid their facilities of harborage organisms and sites.