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3M Food Safety has launched the 3M™ Petrifilm™ Rapid Yeast and Mold Count Plate, an indicator test that enables the detection of yeasts and molds in as little as 48 hours, faster than conventional agar methods. This new plate offers food processors a simplified solution for inoculation along with an easy, consistent way to interpret and enumerate colonies.

PolyScience introduces two products for controlling temperature during respirometry applications: a heated circulator and a recirculating chiller.

Diagnostic assays for on-farm use have different constraints compared with those used in traditional laboratory environment  

Once you know the identity of the allergens that will be tested for as part of the validation, then you must select an appropriate test method.  

Various segments of the beef processing industry now test for the Top Six EHEC using test kits or services from a number of companies or commercial laboratories.

The who, how, what, where, when and why to sample are critical to control the risks of biological contamination.           

Modern analytical techniques can determine known chemical contaminants in complex food matrices at very low concentration levels.

There are two basic categorical strategies in probability sampling: systematic and random; both are ideally suited to the art and science of food safety.