Microbiology News: food-beverage, Jul 2014

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Microbiology News: food-beverage, Jul 2014

Assay Development Clinical Cosmetic/Personal Care Food & Beverage Laboratory Equipment Microbiome Other Pharmaceutical Veterinary Water

RAPID-B Platform Gets AOAC for STEC Tests

29 Jul 2014 | Food & Beverage

Get sample to result in 7 hours for E. coli O157 and Non O157 STEC using Vivione's RAPID-B platform. more...

Silliker Food Science Opens Food Virus Detection Lab

29 Jul 2014 | Food & Beverage

Using a commercially available RT-PCR detection kit, the new laboratory provides testing for Norovirus GI / GII and Hepatitis A in a number of matrices. more...

AOAC RI Approval for bioMérieux’s TEMPO® BC (Bacillus cereus)

29 Jul 2014 | Food & BeverageOther

Automated quality indicator test for the fast enumeration of Bacillus cereus group bacteria in food products providing results in 22 to 27 hours. more...

Seward's New Closure Bags More Cost Effective Than Containers

29 Jul 2014 | Food & Beverage

More cost effective than plastic containers, Seward’s new closure bag is ideal for sample collection, short term sample storage, as well as sample incubation for pathogen testing and pre-enrichment of food samples. more...

Romer Labs Collaboration Helps Reduce Post-Harvest Loss

28 Jul 2014 | Food & Beverage

Romer Labs’ AgraStrip Aflatoxin and Fumonisin test strips and AgraVision reader will be used in remote growing areas to assess the extent of the mycotoxin contamination more...

Small Vacuum Autoclave Perfect for Sterilising Difficult items

22 Jul 2014 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

Priorclave introduce benchtop vacuum autoclave suitable for low-volume sterilisation of items such as bagged mixed plastic waste, tubing and narrow bore glass ware. more...

ATS Buys MicroTest Labs to Form Accuratus Labs

22 Jul 2014 | Food & BeverageWater

Leading microbiology contract testing laboratories ATS Labs and MicroTest Labs have joined together to form Accuratus Lab Services. more...

Uncover Hidden Contamination with TSC’s SpongeTub Kit

21 Jul 2014 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

TSC Sampling Sponge Tub offers end-users a convenient all in one monitoring kit that’s a quick and simple method for confirming the presence of living microorganisms more...

Sigma-Virocult® Swabs Continue Battle with Influenza

21 Jul 2014 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherVeterinary

The annual influenza season seems to be well underway in the northern hemisphere with the pandemic H1N1 strain (Influenza A (H1N1)pdm09) predominating in both Europe and North America. more...

Establishing Limit of Detection with Quantified ATCC Strains and Nucleic Acids

17 Jul 2014 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalPharmaceuticalVeterinary

Accurate determination of Limit of Detection relies on the use of authenticated microbial or molecular controls with known concentrations, ATCC now has an expanded portfolio for LOD testing. more...

LGC Adds Goat to Meat Speciation Service

15 Jul 2014 | Food & Beverage

Meat speciation service at LGC uses patented PCR-based KASP™ genotyping technology , enabling extremely high levels of assay robustness and accuracy across a wide range of food samples. more...

Automated Food Pathogen System - iQ-Check®

14 Jul 2014 | Food & BeverageWater

QC Laboratories has selected Bio-Rad’s iQ-Check Prep Automation Solution for detecting foodborne pathogens. more...

Microbiologics Partners with Biomatrica

08 Jul 2014 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

Microbiologics has licensed Biomatrica’s DNAstable® and RNAstable® technology for use in their line of molecular controls for rapid diagnostic instruments and assays. more...

Pinnacle™ Pre-Poured Plates Improve Accuracy of Salmonella Confirmation

07 Jul 2014 | Food & BeverageOther

Lab M’s new Pinnacle™ Salmonella ABC pre-poured plates are designed for the isolation of salmonellae from food samples and are based on Lab M’s established Harlequin™ Salmonella ABC medium. more...

Improve Your Pipetting Productivity

07 Jul 2014 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinary

INTEGRA PIPETBOY acu 2 serological pipettor combines all essential characteristics for productive work with pipettes: precision, speed, ease-of-use, comfort, long operating battery life and reliability. more...

New Line of Water QC Kits – EZ-Hydro Shot

01 Jul 2014 | Food & BeverageWaterClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinary

Microbiologics® EZ-Hydro Shot™ - QC organisms for water quality testing, validated for use with Standard Methods for Examination of Water and Wastewater, EPA test methods etc. Validated for membrane filtration, enzyme substrate methods and others. more...

Ready-to-use MediaBox™ Demi-Fraser Broth Now Available

01 Jul 2014 | Food & BeverageOther

For liquid culture media on demand, MediaBox™ is a cost-effective, easy to use, solution - fresh, sterile media in an easy-to-handle, stackable storage box with an internal bladder. more...