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Microbiology News: food-beverage, Jan 2020


Microbial Identification - a rapidmicrobiology Special Focus

28 Jan 2020 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalPharmaceutical

Enterobacteriaceae on plate
Special focus on microbial identification, explore contract identification providers, proficiency tests ID, how a water lab implemented MALDI-TOF, plus summaries of recent identification seminar, plus take our quiz - are you a MALDI expert? more...
The MALDI Biotyper is validated by MicroVal according to the ISO 16140 part 6 standard and is an approved official method of analysis by AOAC international, the confirmation and identification results are provided directly with no need for additional data interpretation. more...
ultra-rapid identification with MALDI-ToF
For identifying microorganisms, the advanced MALDI-ToF system rivals the traditionally used culture-based methods which industry is still heavily dependent on.  With laser technology to ID species in a few minutes, find out how this system can help you. more...
LGC CONFIDENT
The LGC CONF-IDENT proficiency testing scheme enables laboratories to confirm and/or identify strains isolated from a sample using various techniques, from traditional biochemical/serological tests to more advanced genomic or molecular techniques. more...

Latest Microbiology Newsletter - 21 January 2020

22 Jan 2020 | Food & BeverageClinicalPharmaceutical

Latest products for your microbiology lab
New ATP test kit supplying globally, easier pipetting protocols using magnetic beads to clean up nucleic acid preparations, new BRCGS environmental monitoring standards for food packaging manufacturers, GENE-UP EHEC gains MicroVal validation. more...

BC Launches its Sensilux® ATP Product Range 

21 Jan 2020 | Food & Beverage

BC equipment
Sensilux® offers a range of kits and products, for quality control in the food industry, based on ATP-bioluminescence. With tailored control software and sampling automation solutions Sensilux® brings you the highest quality at the most competitive price. more...
EFSA is asking for public consultation on a new document which will give guidance to applicants wishing to introduce microorganisms into the food chain. The document will instruct applicants to carry out WGS on the microorganisms in order to provide EFSA with a risk assessment.  more...

Need a Fast Turnaround Microbial Identification with Great Customer Service?

21 Jan 2020 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalPharmaceuticalVeterinaryMicrobiome

NCIMB Isolate on Plate
NCIMB offers fast turnaround on microbial identification. Discounted rates are available for large numbers of samples. We identify both bacteria and fungi at our Aberdeen laboratories. more...

BrandTech's Pipettes can now be Wirelessly Charged

20 Jan 2020 | Food & BeverageClinicalPharmaceuticalVeterinaryMicrobiome

Brandtech Scientific have launched an inductive charging stand to work with its BRAND® HandyStep® touch and HandyStep® touch S repeating pipettes.  more...
MicroVal has approved the issuing of its first certificate for a Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) detection method, based on the validation of bioMérieux GENE-UP EHEC. more...

Latest Microbiology Newsletter - 14 Jan 2020

14 Jan 2020 | Food & BeverageClinicalPharmaceutical

best products for microbiology testing
A better way to take sterility testing samples from single use containers, PathogenDx technology may soon be applied to food pathogen detection, SAS air sampler for operating theatres, MIC strip for Ampicillin-sulbactam, why flow cytometry is so good for probiotics. more...
Campden BRI BRCGS
A new clause has been introduced by BRCGS requiring food packaging manufacturers to implement microbiological environmental monitoring. In this informative document, Campden BRI provides guidance in meeting the new criteria, best sampling procedures and the services they offer.  more...
PathogenDx Workflow
PathogenDx is an ultra-fast pathogen test that will only identify and quantify live cells and currently in routine use in the emerging cannabis testing industry. CEO Milan Patel talks to rapidmicrobiology on how this disruptive technology can revolutionize the food safety testing industry.  more...

Latest Microbiology Newsletter - 7 Jan 2020

08 Jan 2020 | Food & BeverageClinicalPharmaceutical

Microbiology Product News Updates
Solve PCR positive, culture negative food samples, new formulations of enrichment media, MALDI-TOF identification is it for your lab? more...

The Advantages of Flow Cytometry for Counting Bacteria in Probiotics

08 Jan 2020 | Food & BeveragePharmaceuticalMicrobiome

Plate counts are not the best way to count probiotics
Flow cytometry beats the traditional plate count  when it comes to probiotics, reports Marco Pane, R&D manager of Probiotical, a manufacturer of probiotics. more...
Bio-Rad Rapid Listeria
During the 2017 Listeria outbreak in South Africa, Bio-Rad provided Microchem Lab Services (MLS) support with their wide-range of prepared Listeria media. Ilse Liedemann, Microbiology Lab manager at MLS, gives a first-hand account on the vital support from Bio-Rad in those challenging times.  more...