Microbiology News: Jun 2012

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Microbiology News: Jun 2012

Automated Food Pathogen Testing for Low to Medium Volume Labs

26 Jun 2012 | Food & Beverage

Based on HTI's Robotic Workstations BIOTECON Diagnostics will exclusively distribute worldwide their own automation solution for the food sector, the foodproof® RoboPrep X-Tract powered by HTI. more...

3 Minute Quantitative Test for the Detection of Aflatoxin in Feed and Grain

26 Jun 2012 | Food & BeverageOther

Charm Sciences announce that the ROSA® FAST Aflatoxin Quantitative Test Kit has approval from the USDA's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) for the detection of aflatoxin in feed and grain*. more...

FDA Approval for Great Basin Corp C.difficile Molecular Test

25 Jun 2012 | Food & BeverageClinicalOther

Integrated disposable cartridge containing all necessary reagents and an inexpensive bench-top analyzer that executes the assay, interprets the results and provides electronic output to the clinician. more...

Financial Rewards of Faster Product Tests for Contract Manufacturers

25 Jun 2012 | OtherPharmaceutical

Celsis Rapid Detection has installed rapid release screening systems at 500+ facilites demonstrating a growth-based, rapid screening method can be just as effective as traditional microbiological methods. more...

Customer Approval for New Redipor® Prepared Media Packaging

25 Jun 2012 | Pharmaceutical

The new bi-layer laminated film wrap, designed for automated packaging, minimises product handling and enhances product security, as well as reducing the potential for failures from manual heat-sealing. more...

Merck Chromogenic Media - Fast, Safe and Cost-Effective

18 Jun 2012 | Food & Beverage

The development of chromogenic substrates - a combination of dye and specific enzyme substrates - was a milestone in the development of modern culture media. The Principle Chromogenic substrates are colorless and they are stable against pH shift and autoclaving. Only the more...

New B. cereus Selective Agar BACARA in FDA BAM

18 Jun 2012 | Food & Beverage

AES CHEMUNEX, a bioMérieux Company is pleased to announce that the FDA BAM (Bacteriological Analytical Manual) Bacillus Chapter 14 has been updated with the inclusion of BACARA™ method for the detection and enumeration of Bacillus cereus in food samples. BACARA™ is a proprietary chromogenic more...

Comprehensive Resource for Food Safety Diagnostics

18 Jun 2012 | Food & BeverageVeterinary

Romer Labs, a leading global food-safety diagnostic company, has unveiled its new website, available at www.romerlabs.com. more...

Neogen Launches Fully Quantitative Lateral Flow Test for Fumonisin

18 Jun 2012 | Food & BeverageWater

Reveal® Q+ for Fumonisin delivers precise results ranging from 0.3 to 6 parts per million (ppm) of fumonisin after only 6 minutes. more...

Track System for Continuous Feeding of Specimens into WASP®

18 Jun 2012 | Clinical

COPAN is announcing a strategic partnership with INPECO for the connection of its track system FlexLab 3.6 for continuous feeding of standardized tube specimens to COPAN's WASP®: Walk-Away Specimen Processor. more...

USDA FSIS Issues Letter of No Objection for BAX® System STEC Suite

18 Jun 2012 | Food & BeverageOther

The BAX® System STEC suite is comparable to the FSIS reference method MLG 5B.01 for detecting top Shiga toxin-producing strains of E. coli (STEC). more...

GeneXpert Infinity-80 System Receives FDA Clearance

12 Jun 2012 | Food & BeverageClinical

Cepheid announce that the GeneXpert Infinity-80 has been initially cleared in conjunction with Cepheid's Xpert Flu test. more...

Neogen Launches Simple Water-Based Extraction Aflatoxin Test

12 Jun 2012 | Food & Beverage

New quantitative lateral flow test for aflatoxin that requires only a water-based solution for extraction - completely eliminating the need for methanol or ethanol in the extraction process. more...

Duzen Selects Bruker's MALDI Biotyper for MS-Based Microbial ID

12 Jun 2012 | Clinical

Bruker announced an exclusive framework agreement with Duzen in the area of molecular microbial identification based on MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. more...

Pinch Dilutor: Affordable and Simple Automated Gravimetric Dilutions

11 Jun 2012 | Clinical

Unique, simple and productive, the device will bring dilution automation within the reach of every lab. more...

NoemaLife's HALIA: Boosting Efficiency in Laboratory Automation

05 Jun 2012 | Clinical

HALIA is a new middleware for clinical chemistry, microbiology and molecular biology labs. more...

IUL Releases New Gravimetric Diluter

05 Jun 2012 | Food & BeverageOtherPharmaceutical

Total automation of gravimetric dilutions and liquid dispensing. A great weight range encompass of 2400 g with a sample weight precision of 0.01g. more...