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Date: 10th June, 2008

Location: Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Summary:
Food - Exhibition, Seminar

Microbiological analysis is a rapidly developing area with faster and novel approaches to testing in order to satisfy the demands of the food industry for a quick result. With product safety still high on the agenda the requirement for accurate and rapid testing is paramount to meet the needs of both the food manufacturer and the end consumer. Fast and reliable technology is becoming more accessible to modern microbiology labs in areas such as detection, enumeration and microorganism identification.

This seminar is designed to combine presentations from key experts in the area of rapid microbiological testing, with an exhibition providing delegates with the chance to see what testing and identification options are currently available.

Topics include:

• Rapid microbiological testing of dairy, beverage & meat products using flow cytometry
  
• Analysis of total aerobic viable counts in samples of raw meat using fluorescence-based probe & oxygen consumption assay
  
• Automated detection of indicator organisms provides real-time benefits to the cost conscious quality control department
  
• Selective detection of Salmonella using a combination of impedance screening with RNA confirmation technology
  
• Inhibigen™ Technology: A new dimension in selective microbiology
  
• The novel use of bacteriophage as a selective agent in a pathogen detection system
  
• Automated enumeration of Staphylococcus aureus in food samples with the TEMPO system
  
• MicroVal, a European validation and certification organisation
  
• Compact Dry™ Plates - the first Microval approved product line: Microbiological tests that are easy to use, certified and reliable
  
• Application of novel bacteriophage-derived recognition elements for the specific detection of foodborne pathogens
  
• Rapid methods for spoilage and indicator organism detection and enumeration
  
• Real-time PCR solution: Rapid methodology for accurate and cost-effective pathogen detection