Dive Summary:
- Life technologies has developed a new pathogen detecting system that has the ability to detect the presence of multiple strains of E. coli in ground beef in as little as ten hours.
- The USDA has approved the new system, as it improves on the current detection time of almost six days.
- The two organizations collaborated on the actual E. coli detection test, focusing on the most prolific strains in order to be able to better protect the public in these times of heightened food borne illness frequency.
From the article:
Related news: Life Technologies develops same day E.coli testing solution Pathogen testing acquisition will cut result time by hours - Life Technologies Life Technologies has received a Letter of No Objection for its RapidFiner STEC detection system, which it claims detects the presence of multiple strains of E.coli in raw beef in 10 hours. The turnaround time reduces the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) guidebook standard of six days.Life Technologies collaborated with the USDA to develop a test to detect E.coli O157:H7, and later expa...
