Bio-Rad Laboratories’ new EZ-Check Salmonella Kit is a rapid, polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based detection method for Salmonella in food and environmental matrices.
Researchers in China have developed a new onsite rapid test, based in fluorescence RNA-targeted isothermal amplification assay (SAT) technology, that can quickly detect and identify Cronobacter species in powdered infant formula. It offers significantly greater sensitivity and much more rapid results than polymerase chain reaction (PCR), without producing false positives.
NEMIS Technologies has unveiled new, rapid hygiene monitoring solutions for testing “on the go”—ATP GO and ATP GO Liquid—as well as NEMIS iNactivate, a microbe inactivation device for pathogen testing workflows. The company also opened a U.S. office in San Francisco, California.
bioMérieux has launched the new GENE-UP PRO HRM testing solution for viable heat-resistant molds (HRMs), the only DNA-based testing solution on the market for the detection of viable HRMs.
bioMérieux has acquired Neoprospecta, a Brazil-based developer of data and genomics solutions for food industry quality assurance programs and microbiological risk prevention.
Developed by University of Texas at Dallas scientists, EnliSense’s READ FWDx is a novel, compact rapid sensor that can simultaneously detect microbiological and chemical food contaminants. EnliSense and the researchers behind READ FWDx envision their technology being used by both food manufacturers and consumers at home.
Using an artificial intelligence (AI) model to standardize and analyze a massive, global set of whole genome sequencing (WGS) data for Cronobacter sakazakii, University of Maryland researchers have discovered genetic traits that may explain the pathogen’s persistence and virulence in low-moisture foods like powdered infant formula.
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) laboratories now use an improved enrichment method for Campylobacter in poultry meat samples, which reduced enrichment incubation time by half, and shaved a day off of reporting times for results.
In this bonus episode of Food Safety Matters, we speak to Dr. Savannah Applegate, Senior Consultant at Elanco Poultry Food Safety, about the role of diagnostics and testing in poultry food safety and disease management.
A Center for Produce Safety-funded proof-of-concept study is exploring a novel, high-throughput capture and concentration method for hepatitis A virus in fruit wash water, which uses magnets and hydrogel nanoparticles. It could be added to existing FDA and ISO digital PCR assay workflows, potentially reducing false positives.
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