Microbiology News: food-beverage, Feb 2021

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Microbiology News: food-beverage, Feb 2021

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Accelerated Analytical Laboratories Acquire VERIPRO SARS-CoV-2 Environmental Assay

24 Feb 2021 | Food & Beverage

Accelerated Analytical Laboratories are the first in Wisconsin to aquire COVID-19 related VERIPRO SARS-CoV-2 enviromental assay allowing it's food production customers to test their environments for SARS-CoV-2. more...

Study Shows Air Sampler Detects SARS-CoV-2 in Aerosols

23 Feb 2021 | Food & BeverageClinicalPharmaceutical

Smiths Detection has reported that its BioFlash® Biological Identifier can detect SARS-CoV-2 in the air following tests conducted by the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID). more...

Red One™: Instantaneous Automated Total Viable Count in Waters

16 Feb 2021 | Food & BeverageWater

Red One instantaneous automated total viable counts in waters

Red One™ is a rapid, automated and easy solution to count viable micro-organisms (TVC) in waters (from 1ml to 100mL). It showed unprecedented results in terms of sensitivity and repeatability compared to ATP monitoring or flow cytometry. more...

Clearly Colored Colonies to Detect Waterborne Clostridium perfringens

16 Feb 2021 | Food & BeverageWater

An innovative chromogenic medium to detect and identify C. perfringens in water samples and its smart advantages over the traditional TSC and m-CP agars. more...

EW GROUP Acquires Hygiena from Warburg Pincus

16 Feb 2021 | Food & Beverage

The newly formed group of companies, under the Hygiena umbrella, will include BioChek, a global veterinary diagnostic company, as well as Biotecon, an innovator in PCR, GMO, ID and environmental diagnostics. more...

New Test Method & Buyer's Guide on Surface Testing for SARS-CoV-2

12 Feb 2021 | Food & BeverageClinical

rapid surface testing for SARS Cov 2 the coronavirus that causes Covid 19

Buyers guide for SARS-CoV-2 surface testing kits highlighting the risk of infection from touching surfaces contaminated with the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19. It provides a list of suppliers of surface testing kits allowing direct contact for quotes/info. more...

E. coli vs Shiga Toxin-producing E. coli - What’s the Difference and What’s the Problem?

12 Feb 2021 | Food & Beverage

E. coli, STEC, VTEC, O157… confused about the terms used for different groups of Escherichia coli and their relative food safety risks? Roy Betts, Campden BRI explains all. more...

How Well Do You Really Know the Microbes You Are Working With?

09 Feb 2021 | Food & BeverageClinicalPharmaceutical

Guide to the maintenance of microorganisms

NCIMB’s culture collection curator, Dr Samantha Law, has written a light-hearted guide to best practice in microorganism maintenance. It highlights basic steps you can take to make sure that you really know the strains you are working with. more...

Food Testing Labs Gain Productivity Boost with Petrifilm™ New Plate Reader

04 Feb 2021 | Food & Beverage

3M have released its Petrifilm™ Plate Reader Advanced to the market. This AI-powered automated colony-counter can rapidly image, enumerate and document colonies on 3M Petrifilm Plates and delivers results in 4-6 seconds. more...

AOAC Certify Shiga-toxin E. coli Test Kits

04 Feb 2021 | Food & Beverage

BIOTECON Diagnostics has received AOAC-RI Performance Tested Methods^SM (PTM) Certification for its foodproof STEC Screening LyoKit and STEC Identification LyoKit. This rapid workflow of just two PCR tests is faster and cost-effective. more...

BACSpec Salmonella 2 Kit for a Fast Detection of Salmonella spp.

03 Feb 2021 | Food & Beverage

Eurofins GeneScan Technologies’ BACSpec Salmonella 2 kit enables the fast detection of Salmonella spp. in food products, feed products, and environmental samples and is certified by AFNOR Certification as well as by the AOAC Research Institute. more...

Making Listeria Testing Fast and Simple - A rapidmicrobiology Special Focus

02 Feb 2021 | Food & Beverage

Merck Talk on Listeria Detection in Food and Environmental Samples

Having difficulties finding a Listeria test that suits your needs? - This special focus on Listeria brings you a variety of test kits, from high-throughput to simple on-site rapid testing. Find swabs for those nooks and crannies too! more...

Shelf-Life Testing: Opening a Can of Worms - a rapidmicrobiology podcast

02 Feb 2021 | Food & Beverage

In this episode, Linda Everis (Principal Research Officer at Campden BRI) gives guidance for food manufacturers & processors in determining shelf-life and explains an array of useful techniques to ensure food safety. more...

The Value of Environmental Monitoring - Is Your Facility "Clean"?

02 Feb 2021 | Food & Beverage

Hygiena offers a single monitoring system which can identify the presence of potential contaminants as part of your food safety program: EnSURE™ Touch more...

NEOGEN’s Solutions for Listeria

01 Feb 2021 | Food & Beverage

Get your free guide to food microbiology testing including Listeria

We offer a range of traditional and alternative methods for the detection of Listeria, including our One Broth One Plate for Listeria workflow. View our innovative microbiology solutions with our free Guide to Food Microbiology Testing - learn more more...

Instant, Reliable Detection of Biofilm Using the Bactiscan

01 Feb 2021 | Food & Beverage

View presence of bacteria and biofilms in real-time without using any chemicals with the easy to operate hand held Bactiscan. Identify problem areas in your facility to take fast, effective remedial action. more...