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Solus Scientific Offers Multiple Benefits for Environmental Testing
22 Aug 2019 | F&B
The Solus One™ range provides rapid results for environmental and food pathogen testing, with negative and presumptive positive results in one day using only one enrichment step. more...
Improve Your Testing Throughput and Specificity with Actero™ Elite
19 Aug 2019 | F&B
The patented Actero™ Elite Enrichment Media represents optimized formulations that delivers single-step enrichment, faster “time-to-results” and targeted specificity from environmental and food samples. Actero™ Elite is "Always Easy. Always Right." more...
A Compact Entry-Level Liquid Handler From Hamilton
19 Aug 2019 | F&BWCP
Hamilton Robotics have designed a completely hands-free liquid handler for 96 and 384 microplates pipetting that a person of any skill level can use. more...
How to Avoid Contamination in Pipetting
15 Aug 2019 | F&BWCPM
Preventing contamination in pipetting is paramount to achieving reliable results. Understand the three main causes of contamination from pipetting and learn how you can avoid them. more...
Thermo Fisher Focus on Microbiology at AACC
13 Aug 2019 | F&BCP
Thermo Fisher Scientific concentrated on Furry Animal’s allergens, re-inventing the petri dish and cloud support for your QC at this year’s AACC. more...
Technical Service Consultants Ltd [TSC] manufacture a varied range of swabs and sponges in different formats and with different solutions to meet all of your environmental swabbing needs more...
Culture Media Troubleshooting Videos – Now Available
06 Aug 2019 | F&BW
At Neogen, we offer a full range of training and support tools to help you build knowledge and skills within your own lab. View our resource videos to see simple tips for troubleshooting culture media handling and preparation that could help you avoid or solve any potential issues in your lab. more...
Comprehensive Virus Detection in Food with the VIRSeek Solution
01 Aug 2019 | F&B
Eurofins GeneScan Technologies’ new VIRSeek Solution is a comprehensive workflow covering all steps from RNA extraction to real-time RT-PCR for the detection of norovirus genogroups I & II and hepatitis A virus, which is crucial for food safety. more...
On The Trail of Beer Spoilage Bacteria
31 Jul 2019 | F&B
Do you want to test beer, wine or juices for beverage spoilers? R-Biopharm offer a wide range of qPCR kits for fast and specific screening and detection of microbiological spoilage organisms in beverages. more...
Azlon® Re-Usable Plasticware – Maximising Product Life
31 Jul 2019 | F&BCOP
How long reusable plasticware lasts depends on how well you treat it! Follow these guidelines to keep your Azlon® product in the best possible condition. more...
Hardy Introduces Automated CompactDry™ Plate Reader
30 Jul 2019 | F&B
Automated reading of dry film plates can eliminate subjective reading differences between technicians and store results for future reference. more...
Using a lateral flow strip, the 3M Coconut Protein Rapid Kit is a reliable method for detecting coconut proteins in select food and environmental samples at concentrations as low as 2 ppm. more...
Listeria is a serious pathogen that could strongly harm consumer safety, so prevention is crucial. The testing workflow for food producers is regulated by international standards to ensure most accurate results. more...
Clear Labs' NGS-based food safety platform provides information on serotypes strains or whole genome sequences. Clear Safety, the company’s flagship product, includes a software component, which enables users to visualize contamination incidents on maps of their food plants. more...
Introducing the AgraStrip® Coconut Test Kit from Romer Labs®
26 Jul 2019 | F&B
The AgraStrip® Allergen rapid testing portfolio, the largest commercially available, is expanding again. Romer Labs is introducing the AgraStrip® Coconut test kit, which detects coconut in foods, beverages and rinse waters and on surfaces at an LOD of 10 ppm. more...
Seal a Rack of 96 Tubes with Push Caps in a Single Action
23 Jul 2019 | F&BCOP
The Micronic Push Cap Capper CP400 offers a cost effective way of applying uniform pressure to push caps in an entire 96 tubes rack in only a single action. more...
Microbial Contamination: Are Pre-Packaged Salads A Health Risk?
22 Jul 2019 | F&B
A recent study conducted by the Max Rubner Institute (MRI) in Karlsruhe, Germany, has reaffirmed that prepacked salads are often contaminated with microorganisms. In this interesting article find out the results and how R-Biopharm can help you detect pathogenic microorganisms in food. more...
Eurofins scientific presentation topics include Microbiological Method Verification in Food Manufacturing; Protecting Probiotics; Flow Cytometry; Applications of DNA Sequencing in Food Microbiology; BAX® System 24E Genus Listeria PCR v. the Bacgene Listeria spp. Visit us at booth 233! more...
Are your food microbiology methods ‘Fit Enough’ for purpose? in this special rapidmicrobiology interview Dr Wallace Morgan and Dr David Legan, who will both be presenting on this topic at the IAFP 2019 explain what's involved in validation and verification. more...
The new 3M™ Molecular Detection Assay 2 - STEC Gene Screen (stx and eae) is able to rapidly detect the genes for Shiga toxin types 1 and 2, as well as eae. Whilst the STEC Gene Screen (stx) detects only Shiga toxin genes, allowing food microbiology labs greater choice. more...
iQ-Check E. coli O157:H7 and iQ-Check STEC VirX and SerO assays were modified to include 375 g test samples with single enrichment in Buffered Peptone Water for both Salmonella and pathogenic E.coli plus use of the iQ-Check Free DNA Removal Solution. more...
Increasing Throughput with INTEGRA’s VIAFLO 96 Channel Pipette
15 Jul 2019 | F&BCOP
Researchers at the University of North Texas are using INTEGRA’s VIAFLO 96 electronic pipette to increase the throughput of their ELISA, Luminex and flow cytometry workflows, as well as to improve the reproducibility of their results. more...
SampleReady® Pre-Weigh Soluble Media Pouches
11 Jul 2019 | F&B
Media Preparation anxiety? SampleReady® Soluble Media Pouches is your solution. Gamma irradiated, just add sterile water and start testing. more...
A New Technology Sheds Light on Salmonella and Listeria
11 Jul 2019 | F&B
A recent paper in Angewandte Chemi describes NEMIS Technologies' research work, on ultra-sensitive chemiluminescence-based technology for the detection of Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes. more...
Bio-Rad To Launch New Droplet Digital PCR Kit to Detect STEC in Food
09 Jul 2019 | F&BP
Come check out our new dd-Check STEC kit and Digital PCR instruments at Booth 427. With our world-class expertise in microbiology and state-of-the-art products, we provide you with the very best, which you've come to expect from Bio-Rad. more...
What's on Show at IAFP? - A rapidmicrobiology Special Focus
09 Jul 2019 | F&B
Are you planning your visit to IAFP and need to know where to start? Or do you want to know what your missing? This rapidmicrobiology Special Focus brings you the latest innovations in Microbial Food Safety. more...
Hygiena’s announcements at IAFP include next-generation ATP monitoring - the EnSURE Touch; real-time PCR testing for foods including a more accurate method to quantify Salmonella in poultry; methods to ensure safety of Cannabis-infused foods; allergen detection; and an improved Listeria test. more...
MilliporeSigma Featuring MC Media Pads at IAFP
08 Jul 2019 | F&B
Simplify your workflow one pad at a time with MilliporeSigma’s MC Media pads for routine testing of microbial contamination in your food and beverage products. Simply inoculate by adding your sample- no spreading required- then just incubate, and count! IAFP 2019 Booth #555 more...
Listeria innocua Controls with GFP Markers
08 Jul 2019 | F&B
Learn more about our test-ready Listeria innocua Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) controls designed as reliable surrogates to Listeria monocytogenes. more...
Challenges in the Detection of E. coli O103
08 Jul 2019 | F&B
In this interview with Professor Keith Warriner, food safety expert and Professor of Microbiology at the University of Guelph we learn some of the factors that shape the effectiveness of outbreak responses to E. coli O103 more...
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