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GranuCult™ Culture Media is ISO 11133:2014 Compliant

GranuCult culture media is ISO 11133 2014 compliant
Accreditation
31 May 2016
The GranuCult™ range of dehydrated microbiological media complies with the ISO 11133:2014 standard covering the preparation, production, storage and performance testing of culture media.

Smaller Throughput Food Labs Benefit from Extended On Board Stability

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Listeria spp.Listeria monocytogenesSalmonella
31 May 2016
Atlas reagents can now be kept in the instrument for up to 14 days so that medium and lower throughput food testing labs can also benefit from Roka Bioscience's automated molecular technology for food pathogen detection.

ATCC®Minis are Now More Convenient than Ever!

ATCC Minis
QC Organisms
30 May 2016
ATCC®Minis are now more convenient than ever – ready-to-use quality control strains in glycerol stocks with stable storage at -20°C for up to one year!

HUS Kills Three After Multi-country European STEC Outbreak

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23 May 2016
An outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), affecting EU countries and linked to a milk processing plant has led to 19 cases of haemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and 3 deaths.

ATP Bioluminescence Rapid Testing of UHT/ESL Dairy Products

Affordable ATP Testing
UHT Testing
23 May 2016
Simple protocol uses 50µl aliquots from pre-incubated packages placed into a microplate well, the Promilite M4 instrument then performs the assay automatically by using the implemented ‘UHT/ ESL‘ protocol.

NBB®-PCR Broth – Fast and Universal Enrichment for PCR Detection of Beer Spoilers

NBB Broth
Lactic Acid BacteriaYeasts and Moulds
19 May 2016
With optimised nutrient composition even slow growing beer spoiling bacteria such as Lactobacillus lindneri and Pediococcus damnosus can reach detectable levels in 48 to 72 hours, this ready-to-use broth comes free from spoilage bacteria DNA.

Touchscreen Spiral Plater Launched

Touchscreen Spiral Plater Launched
Total CountsAutomationWorkflow Optimization
17 May 2016
The WASP Touch spiral plater from Don Whitley Scientific is designed to meet the requirement of the modern microbiology laboratory with touchscreen operation, an automated sanitising system and an illuminated covered working area.

NGS Shows Meat DNA in Veggie Burgers

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17 May 2016
Using NGS Clear Labs have analyzed 258 burger samples, finding significant labelling discrepancies.

NARMS Using Whole Genome Sequencing for Better Tracking and Treatment

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SalmonellaAntibiotic Resistance
16 May 2016
Whole Genome Sequencing can be not only used to identify pathogens and trace outbreaks but also to study the evolution of antibiotic resistant strains by identifying the genes responsible for resistance.

Quiet, Easy and Dependable Preparation of Food Samples

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Sample Preparation
16 May 2016
With one touch eco-friendly bag loading, the Stomacher 400 EVO with a simple programming screen and easy to clean removeable paddles, makes for quiet and efficient blending of food samples.

Secure Post-Analytical Sealing of Sample Collection Tubes

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Liquid Handling
16 May 2016
For secure short term storage of blood and urine samples, the Novitain Capcluster-50 caps and seals 50 13mm tubes in one go, retaining foil can then be removed to leave each tube individually capped, minimizing cross contamination, compatible with automated pre-analytical systems.

NF Extends Validation for RAPID’Salmonella in Milk Powders up to 375g

RAPID Salmonella for dairy products
Salmonella
09 May 2016
Using a simple 2 step method (BPW followed by plating onto chromogenic media), Bio-Rad’s RAPID’Salmonella has been validated by AFNOR for the detection of Salmonella in dehydrated dairy ingredients.

New Automated Petrifilm™ Plate Reader Counts APC, Enteros and E.coli

3M Petrifilm Plate Reader
Total CountsEnterobacteriaceaeWorkflow Optimization
09 May 2016
Eliminate variability and transcription errors associated with plate reading by using the automated 3M™ Petrifilm™ Plate Reader improving overall lab productivity and audit-readiness, reading plates in 4 secs TVC, E.coli and Enteros

New Way of Dispensing Blender Bags in Your Lab

Dispenser for Food microbiology blender bags
Sample Preparation
09 May 2016
Secure-T® Blender Bags in the compact and easy to use Secure-Strip® dispenser makes blender bags easier to handle, a tear-off junction between each bag ensures internal sterility right up to time of use with no tear off strip.

Hardy Diagnostics' Automated Gram Stainer Range for Any Size of Lab

Quickslide automates Gram staining
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
09 May 2016
Hardy Diagnostics QuickSlide™ range of automated slide stainers includes the high throughput GramPRO-80™ (80+ slides per hour) and for smaller labs - the GramPro-1™, HemaPRO Automated Hematology Stain Instrument and Acid Fast Bacillus AFB-PROBetter.

NF Validation for SureTect Cronobacter Species in Powdered Infant Formula

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Cronobacter sakazakiiListeria monocytogenesListeria spp.
09 May 2016
Thermo Scientific SureTect Cronobacter Species Real-Time PCR assay delivering PCR results in as few as 18 hours following sample receipt has received NF VALIDATION certification by AFNOR Certification.

Six New Veterinary Drug Residue Tests for Foods

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03 May 2016
Veratox tests for veterinary drug resides use a competitive direct ELISA that provides exact concentrations in parts per trillion (ppt) and provide the flexibility of screening samples at a certain threshold, or providing quantitative results.

Quick Volume Adjustment Pipette

Fast volume setting on pipette
Liquid Handling
02 May 2016
The new EVOLVE manual pipette range from INTEGRA has three adjustable dials to rapidly set pipetting volumes up to ten times faster than other pipettes. together with snap into place GripTips the Evolve forms a perfect pipetting system.

3M™ Molecular Salmonella Assay Designated OMA by AOAC RI

AOAC approved Salmonella PCR
Listeria spp.SalmonellaListeria monocytogenes
02 May 2016
With enrichment times as low as 10 hours for raw meat samples, the streamlined workflow of this assay is 30% faster than the first generation with detection based on isothermal DNA amplification and bioluminescence.

Move to Culture Independent Diagnostics Doesn’t Give Enough Data

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Identification
02 May 2016
Increased use of Culture Independent Diagnostic Tests (CIDTs) does not produce the genetic identification of pathogens needed to monitor and trace the source of pathogens so needs to be backed up by traditional culturing of positive samples.

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