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Rapid Test Ensures Safety at Olympics Open-Water Events - a rapidmicrobiology Podcast

22 Jul 2021 | Food & BeverageWater

Tecta PDS rapid automated water test for e coli enterococcus and total faecal coliforms

In this episode, our guest Tim Adams from Tecta-PDS talks about the success of the Tecta B16, the world's only approved portable rapid automated test for water, and explains how its user-friendly design and testing capabilities are knocking everything else out of the water. more...

Toxinometer® & QC8 - Advanced Technology for Bacterial Endotoxin Testing

21 Jul 2021 | Pharmaceutical

The Toxinometer® ET-7000 is a kinetic incubating tube reader that can perform all three LAL testing methodologies. With the Toximaster® QC8 software program, this system offers excellent audit trail capabilities and robust data processing functions. more...

First Reporter-Labeled Total QC Diagnostic Line for Food Pathogens

21 Jul 2021 | Food & Beverage

Our a new breakthrough qPCR diagnostic product line, Total QC-qPCR, simultaneously detects the target food pathogens along with the reporter-labeled quality control strain. more...

Video Explains how R-CARD™ Detects and Enumerates Targeted Organisms in a Single Test

20 Jul 2021 | Food & Beverage

Take two minutes to watch this short video and find out why R-CARD™ makes the detection and enumeration of targeted organisms easy in one test. more...

Autoclavable Stomacher® Bag Can Reduce Plastic Lab Waste by up to 50%

20 Jul 2021 | Food & Beverage

Seward has launched the first paddle blender bag that can also be autoclaved. By avoiding the need for double-bagging, trials have shown that the new bags can reduce the amount of plastic waste by 50%, as well as saving time and cost. more...

Latest Updates on COVID-19 Testing - Kits, Products, Services, Instrumentation - 20 July 2021

20 Jul 2021 | Clinical

This week: Bioperfectus gain approval in Germany to sell self-test kits; MIP Diagnostics's nano-molecularly-imprinted-polymers adapted for use in 2-minute antigen test, and a saliva-based antigen test is validated for detecting all known variants. more...

TECTA-PDS Has Been Chosen as the Testing Solution for the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Open-water Events

20 Jul 2021 | Water

Fast. Simple. Effective. Tokyo 2021 Olympics trusting TECTA-PDS for water testing. more...

Bioperfectus' COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test Added to EU Common List

19 Jul 2021 | Clinical

Bioperfectus Rapid Antigen Test for COVID-19

The Bioperfectus Novel Corona Virus (SARS-CoV-2) Ag Rapid Test Kit has been added to the EU's common list of rapid antigen tests for use within the European Union. The test has also been validated for the detection of common SARS-CoV-2 variants. more...

Self-Test for COVID-19 Given BfArM Stamp of Approval

19 Jul 2021 | Clinical

Bioperfectus Rapid Antigen self-test for COVID-19

Bioperfectus has announced that their Novel Corona Virus (SARS-CoV-2) Ag Rapid Test Kit (self-test) has received the approval of BfArM. This approval means that they can sell the self-test kit in Germany for direct pathogen detection of SARS-CoV-2. more...

Plate & Count System and Automatic Bacterial Enumeration - The Winning Team from Sample to Result

16 Jul 2021 | Food & Beverage

With Plate & count and the Spiral method, increase your analysis capabilities: without intermediate dilutions, perform standardized automatic plating with a counting range from 100 to 1 x 10⁷ CFU/mL on 1 single Petri dish & then get full automatic, traceable colony counts. more...

Come Discover What's New at IAFP 2021 at Bio-Rad’s Booth 318

15 Jul 2021 | Food & Beverage

BioRad food safety solutions will be showcased at IAFP 2021

Drop by Bio-Rad’s booth 318, for a meet and greet and learn all about our newest offerings in food pathogen diagnostics. more...

Copan Microbiology Quality Control Solutions at IAFP 2021

15 Jul 2021 | Food & Beverage

At IAFP 2021, Copan's team of experts will be available to talk about Cyclone™ and SRK®, the company's solutions for microbiology quality control testing in the industry. more...

Special Focus on What's on Show at IAFP 2021

14 Jul 2021 | Food & Beverage

Browse this 'What's on Show at IAFP' special focus to plan your visit and discover the latest food safety solutions. more...

Microbiologics Expands its Line of GFP Marked Microbial Controls for Food Safety

14 Jul 2021 | Food & Beverage

Petri dish with bright green fluorescent colonies

Microbiologics have expanded their line of green fluorescent protein marked microbial controls for food safety allowing laboratories to quickly and reliably differentiate QC cultures from contaminants. more...

Test Method Validation That Can be Trusted - On Demand Webinar Series

13 Jul 2021 | Food & BeverageWater

Campden BRI Webinar on MicroVal Validation ISO 16140-2

Nissui Pharmaceutical offer the Nissui CompactDry™, a ready to use culture media plate certified by MicroVal according to ISO16140-2, as an alternative method. Find out in these short webinars exactly what that means for your method validation. more...

ScanStation^® 2021 New Features

13 Jul 2021 | Food & BeveragePharmaceuticalCosmetic/Personal Care

Interscience offers improved counting accuracy with ScanStation. Real-time microbiological analysis allows for better production management, key for many industries. more...

TECTA-PDS Has Been Chosen as the Testing Solution for the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Open-water Events

13 Jul 2021 | Water

Automated in-field testing water for E coli and coliforms

Welcome to the safe world of TECTA technology, keeping participants, staff and athletes safe at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. more...

Tradition With Innovation Makes New Things Possible - Including New Cheese Specialties

12 Jul 2021 | Food & Beverage

The Glauser family are delighted with the Nemis N-Light™ rapid test for Listeria monocytogenes which has facilitated the commercialisation of a new raw milk soft cheese. more...

Rapid, On-Site COVID-19 Wastewater Testing Solution

12 Jul 2021 | Water

Wastewater epidemiology provides rapid, non-invasive insight into the health of large or targeted populations. LuminUltra’s COVID-19 wastewater testing solution is faster, cheaper and eliminates the need for additional specialized equipment. more...

Hygiena Scoop IAFP Innovation Award for Rapid Pathogen Enumeration Method

12 Jul 2021 | Food & Beverage

Congratulations to Hygiena, recipients of IAFP's innovation award for the development of the, AOAC approved, SalQuant™ rapid pathogen enumeration system. more...

PREvalence ddPCR SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Quantification Kit Launched

12 Jul 2021 | Water

The PREvalence™ ddPCR® SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Quantification Kit includes all reagents needed to detect the virus in wastewater along with software for automated analysis. more...

bioMérieux to Distribute Specific Diagnostics’ REVEAL Rapid AST System in Europe

12 Jul 2021 | Clinical

Based on Specific Diagnostics' unique, patented metabolomic signature technology, the REVEAL Rapid AST system provides actionable results for bloodstream infections (in an average of 5 hours) directly from positive blood culture. more...

NEOGEN’s New and Emerging Methods in Microbiology Virtual Workshop

12 Jul 2021 | Food & Beverage

Watch our virtual workshop on-demand to hear about the latest microbiology advances, news, and trends from industry experts. Register today to learn about a range of topics including ISO 16140-3 method verification and the latest regulation changes. Find out more and register here. more...

Compact Dry®, No Media Prep, No Sterilization - Save Time and Money!

12 Jul 2021 | Food & Beverage

Ready to rehydrate dry film plates Compact Dry

CompactDry® is a ready-to-use test method for easy microbiological testing in food and water laboratories, validated by international organisations including AOAC, MicroVal and NordVal. more...

Applied Food Diagnostics Validates First Multiplex Alicyclobacillus Suite of qPCR Assays

09 Jul 2021 | Food & Beverage

Applied Food Diagnostics announces Alicyclobacillus (ACB) assays. ACB presence is a known source of spoilage & product loss in fruit products. Our ACB suite offers results in 90 mins. post-enrichment. more...

Rapid AST Direct from Positive Blood Culture Guidelines in BIOMIC V3

09 Jul 2021 | Clinical

BIOMIC V3 Rapid AST from Giles Scientific

BIOMIC V3 provides automated reading, interpreting, and expert review of EUCAST rapid AST (RAST) and CLSI direct from positive blood culture bottles for selected organisms. more...

AOAC Certification Mark for the Legionella pneumophilia SG1 DETECT Kit

07 Jul 2021 | Water

rqmicro Legionella pneumophilia is an AOAC PTM

With the Legionella pneumophila (L.p.) SG1 DETECT Kit rqmicro AG presents a new, externally validated technology for environmental monitoring of L.p. SG1 with faster time to result resolution and a high sensitivity of single-cell counting. more...

Win a VIAFLO Electronic Pipette and More From INTEGRA

07 Jul 2021 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalPharmaceuticalCosmetic/Personal Care

Win an INTEGRA VIAFLO electronic pipette

Find out how you can win one of 20 INTEGRA Biosciences multichannel pipettes and increase your lab productivity. more...

The Tasty Tech That Ensures QC in Beer Brewing

07 Jul 2021 | Food & BeverageWater

Sartorius solutions for brewing quality control

Breweries, whether they are large or small, share a common need for quality control (QC) to ensure the consistency and safety of end products. Both subjective and objective QC tests and evaluations can be performed throughout the brewing process. more...

Burkholderia cepacia Selective Agar & Supplement acc. to the New USP <60>

06 Jul 2021 | ClinicalPharmaceutical

BCSA medium to detect the B. cepacia complex is a new addition to Merck’s powdered NutriSelect^® prime culture media that offer compliance with pharmaceutical standards, and QC based on the Growth Promotion Test acc. to USP. more...

Milliflex Oasis Filtration System for Bioburden and Pharmaceutical Water Testing

Hispanagar high quality agar and peptones

Romer Labs RapidChek total protein is sensitive and fast and requires no equipment

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