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Americas: Salad greens can be cleaner, say researchers

Cross contamination in commercial processing facilities that prepare spinach and other leafy greens for the market can make people sick. And researchers reported a new,...

Americas: DuPont’s system receives AOAC-RI certification

The AOAC Research Institute (AOAC-RI) has approved a method extension of Performance Tested Method #030502 to include the latest DuPont BAX System X5 PCR...

Americas: CDC adds module to pathogen library

With Bruker Corp., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently added a new module to MicrobeNet that allows laboratories to search...

Asia Pacific: Aussie alkaline water for China’s milk powder use

High quality drinking water from Australia is being touted as a perfect companion product to help quench China’s thirst for 'clean and green' infant...

Europe: Mettler Toledo bags 2 wins in UK awards

Salford-based Mettler Toledo Safeline was named the runner-up for the Environmental Achievement Award, sponsored by CMR Consultants. This award recognizes the manufacturer that...

Americas: Hygiena launches dairy testing system

Hygiena releases ZymoSnap ALP, an alkaline phosphatase (ALP) testing system that verifies pasteurisation efficiency in short shelf life dairy products within five minutes. It offers...

Americas: AOAC validates ground beef, flour validation systems

Hygiena has received extensions to its AOAC-Research Institute validation for the BAX System Real-Time Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) Assay Suite for STEC for two...

Europe: TUV SUD set to report €2B in revenue, hires 1,200 staff in 2013

TUV SUD has employed 20,000 staff worldwide at the end of 2013, including 1,200 new hires. "Since 2005, we have created at least 1,000 new...

Did You Know: How to test organic food for pesticides?

As the saying goes, “You are what you eat”. A high school student in the US recently took this saying to a whole new level,...

Americas: 3M Food Safety launches bacteria count plate

3M Food Safety had launched the next generation 3M Petrifilm Rapid Aerobic Count Plate globally, which can detect aerobic bacteria counts in 24 hours...