A recent validation study was carried out by NEOGEN^® in collaboration with the IFU (International Fruit and Vegetable Juice Association) to evaluate the performance of the IFU No. 12 standard for the detection and enumeration of Alicyclobacillus spp. according to ISO 17468.

At the same time, a comparison study in accordance to ISO 16140-2 was carried out with the Soleris^® ACB-109 method/vial for Alicyclobacillus as an alternative method to the IFU standard.

Soleris was found to be a suitable alternative method to the qualitative approach to the IFU 12 method, offering a faster alternative. Qualitative results for the presence of Alicyclobacillus spp. were available in only 4 days, in comparison to the 10 days of the reference method.

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