Deepening Analysis of Foodborne Bacteria

Food producers, processors, and distributors want increasingly rapid microbial results to mesh with their just-in-time supply chains.

To meet this demand, companies are developing and marketing simple, user-friendly tests that can be performed at the processing plant or in the field by relatively untrained personnel. Primed and ready to replace culture and molecular screening methods, biosensor-based analyses using specific biomarkers such as nucleic acids, proteins, antigens, and metabolic prod…