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    <title>bioMérieux Acquires AB BIODISK</title>
    <description>This is bioMérieux&#39;s fourth acquisition in under two years.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:35:01 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>bioMérieux Launches Two Innovative Chromogenic Media for Food-Borne Pathogens</title>
    <description>bioMérieux is enhancing its line of food safety solutions with the launch of two innovative chromogenic culture media, chromID Sakazakii and chromID Vibrio.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:59:56 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>AOAC Approves VITEK 2 Identification of Key Food Industry Organisms</title>
    <description>bioMérieux&#39;s VITEK 2 GP and GN identification cards receive PTM approval for food industry bacteria including biological threat organisms, E. coli O157, Listeria and Staph.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 15:16:25 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>High Performance Culture Media Plates - Room Temperature Storage</title>
    <description>These high performance, ready-to-use culture media plates, from bioMérieux, for the rapid detection of clean room isolates, can be stored for their whole shelf-life at room temperature.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:03:50 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>bioMérieux&#39;s Food Safety Handbook is Now Available</title>
    <description>The Food Safety Handbook offers an in-depth analysis of microbiological food safety challenges in a user-friendly format.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:39:35 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>bioMérieux Participates in a Project on Legionella and Legionellosis</title>
    <description>bioMérieux recently participated in elaborating a CD-Rom on Legionella and legionellosis.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:13:53 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>bioMerieux Improves Food Safety Testing Workflow with VIDAS Heat and Go</title>
    <description>VIDAS Heat and Go, is a dry heating block used to heat samples undergoing pathogen testing in bioMerieux&#39;s automated VIDAS and mini VIDAS systems.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:12:03 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>bioMerieux Bidirectional Connection with LIMS for Both Pathogen and Quality Indicator Data</title>
    <description>With its open architecture platform, BCI-Net is able to connect VIDAS and TEMPO to most LIMS.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:58:15 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>bioMerieux to Market CSSC Environmental Monitoring Software for Pharmaceutical Industry</title>
    <description>Through the agreement, bioMerieux will market CSSC&#39;s MIMS software with its VITEK 2 Compact microbial identification system.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:48:18 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>bioMerieux Acquires the Australian Company BTF Strengthening its Position in Industrial Microbiology</title>
    <description>BTF provides the world&#39;s most precise quantitative reference standards for microbiological testing. Its patented BioBall technology is used in quality assurance, to verify the performance of control methods.</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:12:34 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>bioMerieux TEMPO Approved by AOAC RI</title>
    <description>Automated tests validated as effective test methods for E. coli, Total Coliforms and Total Viable Count</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:59:18 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>bioMerieux&#39;s Food Safety Handbook to Help Deliver Safer Consumer Products</title>
    <description>The new publication from bioMerieux Editions will provide food industry professionals with the knowledge, expertise and vision of world microbiology specialists.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:05:26 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>USDA Selects bioMerieux TEMPO System for Produce Testing</title>
    <description>The USDA-MDP has purchased nine TEMPO units, the first and only automated food quality testing and enumerating system, will perform generic E. coli testing for fresh produce.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 10:52:58 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Revolutionary System Automates Food Quality Testing</title>
    <description>TEMPO automates testing for total viable counts, coliform counts, generic E. coli , and Enterobacteriaceae, using a miniaturized and automated classic MPN method.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 15:33:42 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Copan and bioMerieux Sign Exclusive Worldwide Distribution Agreement</title>
    <description>Agreement authorizes bioMerieux to market, for the pharmaceutical industry, an innovative sample collection system based on technology developed by Copan.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:29:54 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>bioMerieux, First Manufacturer Worldwide to be Compliant with ISO 11133 Culture Media Standard</title>
    <description>bioMerieux is the first manufacturer compliant with the XP CEN ISO/TS 11133 standard : &#34;Practical guidelines on preparation and production of culture media&#34;</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:30:34 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>TEMPO EB, First Automated Test for  Enterobacteriaceae  Enumeration and Confirmation</title>
    <description>bioMerieux launches TEMPO EB, the first automated test for Enterobacteriaceae enumeration in food products in 24 hours including confirmation.</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:20:10 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>bioMerieux Award 2006 on Excellence in Pathogen Research</title>
    <description>bioMerieux was proud to present its ninth Award on Pathogen Research at the &#34;Eleventh Conference on Food Microbiology&#34;, held this year by the University of Ghent, Belgium.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:09:44 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>bioMerieux Launches CampyFood ID, the First Culture Medium for Easy Detection of Campylobacter</title>
    <description>bioMerieux announces new CampyFood ID, the first ready-to-use culture medium for easy detection of Campylobacter in food products and environmental samples.</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 17:12:42 GMT</pubDate>
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    <link>http://www.rapidmicrobiology.com/news/51h9.php</link>
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    <title>VIDAS LDUO New Proactive Solution for Listeria Risk Control</title>
    <description>bioMerieux&#39;s new VIDAS LDUO test allows simultaneous detection and differentiation of Listeria spp and Listeria monocytogenes in a single test for food products and environmental samples.</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2006 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>MRSA ID - An Evaluation Report</title>
    <description>In a recent paper published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, MRSA ID a chromogenic media from bioMerieux, was evaluated ...</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2006 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Avian Flu H5N1 Test for Research Use - New from bioMerieux</title>
    <description>An avian flu H5N1 detection test has been launched from bioMerieux. ...</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2006 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>bioMerieux Offers Fast Reliable Detection of  E.coli  O157</title>
    <description> E.coli O157 represents a major risk for consumers. It is the main cause of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) that leads ...</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2005 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>New MRSA-ID for Culture, Isolation and Identification on One Plate</title>
    <description>bioMerieux SA have launched a new product for rapid, reliable identification of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. ...</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2005 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>bioMerieux Takes Innovation on the Road With 50-City Bus Tour</title>
    <description>bioMerieux, Inc., have launched an &#39;Innovation in Motion&#39; tour, a high-tech bus-board presentation theatre and mobile laboratory. The full size ...</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2005 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>VIDAS Staph Enterotoxin (SET2) Gets AOAC Approval</title>
    <description>bioMerieux have announced the AOAC Research Institute method approval for the VIDAS second generation Staphylococcal Enterotoxin assay, SET2. The certificate ...</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2004 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>Evaluation of the New VITEK 2 Card for Identification of Clinically Relevant Gram-Negative Rods </title>
    <description>A recently published paper in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology describes an evaluation of the bioMerieux VITEK 2 card for ...</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2004 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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    <title>bioMérieux receives CE Mark certification for IVD products marketed in the European Union</title>
    <description> bioMérieux has received CE Mark certifications for all of its in vitro diagnostic (IVD) products currently marketed in the ...</description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2004 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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