Microbiology News: food-beverage, Feb 2015

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Microbiology News: food-beverage, Feb 2015

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From Spice to Threat – the Largest FDA Allergy–Related Recall

24 Feb 2015 | Food & BeverageOther

ELISA and lateral flow strips allergens in spices

Romer Labs offer AgraQuant® Peanut ELISA kit for lab based allergen testing and AgraStrip lateral flow for fast, direct on-site testing without extra equipment. more...

Allergen Detection in Spices - ELISA or Real-Time PCR

24 Feb 2015 | Food & BeverageOther

Detect peanut and almond allergens in cumin and spice blends, R-Biopharm AG offer choice of ELISA, real-time PCR kits or a contract testing service. more...

Sensitive Peanut Allergen Kit Detects to <1ppm

23 Feb 2015 | Food & Beverage

ESPRDS-48 ELISA kit detects Arah2 , a heat-stable protein which is also one of the primary peanut allergens. more...

Döhler TransFast® – Beverage Spoiler Detection in Less Than 48h

23 Feb 2015 | Food & BeverageOther

The ready-to-use TransFast® System allows fast and easy detection of beverage-spoiling microorganisms in a variety of non-alcoholic beverages. more...

Colour Coded Laboratory Sample Labels

17 Feb 2015 | Food & BeverageClinicalOtherPharmaceuticalVeterinaryCosmetic/Personal Care

CILS have introduced a label colour coding option to help major laboratories quickly and easily identify samples. more...

Neogen Food Allergen Tests for Cumin and Spice Blends

17 Feb 2015 | Food & BeverageOther

Using basic training and equipment, Neogen’s Veratox® for Peanut Allergen is AOAC validated to detect and quantify peanut and almond residues in cumin with results in c. 30 mins. more...

Hepatitis A Outbreak in Australia Linked to Frozen Berries

17 Feb 2015 | Food & Beverage

Nanna's frozen mixed berries have been recalled after being linked with an outbreak of Hepatitis A in New South Wales. more...

Ready to Reconstitute BPW Aids Salmonella Testing in Chocolate

16 Feb 2015 | Food & BeverageOther

The discovery of Salmonella in one batch of a chocolate product, and its subsequent recall, is a reminder of the importance of testing in confectionery. Lab M’s ready-to-reconstitute µPrep® BPW (ISO) is designed specifically for such environments. more...

bioMérieux Culture Media Compliant with New EN ISO 11133:2014 Standard

13 Feb 2015 | Food & BeverageWaterOther

bioMérieux microbiological media is manufactured and tested in accordance with the requirements of the new EN ISO 11133: 2014 standard for food and water analyses. more...

Yeast and Mold Counts in 48hrs – Now AOAC OMA

12 Feb 2015 | Food & BeverageOther

The 3M Petrifilm Rapid Yeast and Mold Count plate uses a new indicator technology that makes colonies easier to interpret, these completely sample-ready plates give results in just 48 hours. more...

Neogen Launches ANSR® for Listeria monocytogenes

10 Feb 2015 | Food & Beverage

Using a single-step enrichment in Neogen's LESS Plus medium followed by Neogen's ANSR an isothermal amplification test for Listeria monocytogenes, results can be in 25 hours. more...

Inlabtec Serial Diluter Outperforms Test Tube Protocol

10 Feb 2015 | Food & BeverageOtherPharmaceuticalCosmetic/Personal Care

All food samples at ZLM are now automatically diluted and mixed with the Inlabtec Serial Diluter providing at the push of a button a perfect serial dilution every time. more...

Same Day Listeria Results (22 hrs) for Environmental Samples, AOAC PTM

09 Feb 2015 | Food & Beverage

Fast Listeria results on environmental samples using 20-hour, single-stage enrichment in FoodChek’s Actero™ Listeria Enrichment Media followed by rapid real-time processing with the DuPont™ BAX® System. more...

RSSL Offers Testing for Peanut and Almond in Cumin

09 Feb 2015 | Food & BeverageOther

For allergen testing of cumin, RSSL contract laboratory testing provider can detect almond protein using ELISA or detect peanut or almond using a DNA based method. more...

Genomic Sequencing from Farm to Fork

09 Feb 2015 | Food & Beverage

Scientists from IBM Research and Mars, Incorporated have established the Consortium for Sequencing the Food Supply Chain , a collaborative food safety platform that will use advances in genomics to further our understanding of what makes food safe a collaborative food safety platform that will more...

EFSA Reports Listeria and VTEC Cases Rising

03 Feb 2015 | Food & BeverageClinical

EU report on food borne disease shows reported cases of Listeria and E.coli VTEC increased in 2013, whilst Salmonella, Campylobacter and Yersinia decreased. more...