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Wed, December 1, 2010
Tue, November 30, 2010
AOAC Certifies SDIX Salmonella 24-hour Test System for Food Processing Environmental Testing
NEWARK, Del.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--[ SDIX ]a" (NASDAQ: SDIX), a leading supplier of rapid detection solutions to the $1 billion food pathogen testing market, today announced that its RapidChek® SELECTa" Salmonella 24-hour test earned Performance-Tested MethodsSM (PTM) certification from the AOAC Research Institute (AOAC RI) as an analytical method for detecting Salmonella species on environmental surfaces such as stainless steel, concrete, plastic and rubber. The certified test can now help food processors quickly and accurately identify if Salmonella is present in their facilities before it can cross-contaminate food during production.
This newly-certified application is an extension to the original 2006 validation of the RapidChek® SELECTa" Salmonella system to detect Salmonella species in food. The RapidChek SELECT system is designed to combine easy use, reduced food product hold-time, and early detection of environmental contamination with reliable and accurate results.
According to the USDA and the Center for Disease Controla™s (CDC) FoodNet surveillance system, Salmonella causes about 1.4 million cases of food poisoning and over 500 deaths annually in the U.S. Investigations into salmonellosis cases caused by processed foods like peanut butter and peanut butter-containing products across 43 states found that the Salmonella resulted from cross-contamination in the processing environment. Outbreaks like these underscore the difficulty of eradicating Salmonellafrom the processing environment, highlighting the need to reinforce preventive control measures and routinely monitor the processing environment.
Tim Lawruk, Food Safety Market Manager at SDIX, said, aRecently, the food industry has seen an increase in Salmonella contamination of ready-to-eat, low moisture foods, previously thought to be unrelated to salmonellosis infection, such as chocolate, cheese, raw nuts, and peanut butter. RapidChek® SELECTa" Salmonella testa™s 24-hour turnaround will help food producers quickly identify Salmonella in the environment before it contaminates finished food products, reducing production disruption and product hold times. In comparison to other test methods which can take up to 72 hrs, RapidChek® SELECTa" Salmonella will enable food processors to make decisions in 24 hours without comprising accuracy or ease of use. We are very pleased with this AOAC certification and believe that our test system will serve to further strengthen SDIXa™s position in the Food Safety market.a
About SDIX ([ www.sdix.com ])
SDIX is a biotechnology company delivering advanced immuno-solutions and critical reagents to the life science sector, including [ pharmaceutical, biotechnology, diagnostic, ] and basic research partners as well as effective pathogen detection tests to help ensure [ food safety ].
In life science, SDIX helps scientists discover the mechanisms of disease, facilitate the development of new drugs, and provide tools for rapid diagnosis through its suite of fully [ integrated immuno-solutions ]a" from targeted antigen design to create unique antibodies, to assay design, development, and production. In food safety, SDIX rapid assays help customers reduce time, labor, and costs while increasing accuracy and reliability of food pathogen detection.
About AOAC ([ www.aoac.org ])
AOAC RI is a subsidiary of AOAC International, a globally recognized, independent, not-for-profit association founded in 1884. AOAC serves communities of the analytical sciences by providing the tools and processes necessary to develop voluntary consensus standards or technical standards through stakeholder consensus and working groups in which the fit-for-purpose and method performance criteria are established and fully documented. AOAC provides a science-based solution and its Official Methods of Analysis gives defensibility, credibility, and confidence in decision-making. AOAC Official MethodsSM are accepted and recognized worldwide.
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