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Leading the Way in Food Safety Science ast, accurate results are critical for delivering safer food products for consumers and more profitable growth for food companies. That’s why, at DuPont Qualicon, our food safety science is focused on continually developing state-of-the-art technologies that are faster and more accurate. In fact, for more than a decade, we have been revolutionizing food safety.

uPont Qualicon was the first company to apply PCR technology to food testing with rapid, DNA-based assays for Salmonella, E. coli O157:H7 and Listeria monocytogenes. Our use of automated PCR processing with tableted rather than liquid reagents created a dramatic increase in speed and consistency – helping to usher in a new era of easy-to-use testing methodology. Meeting a Global Need For years, leading food companies and government testing labs around the world have relied on the geneticsbased BAX® System to quickly and accurately detect pathogens such as Salmonella, E. coli O157:H7, Listeria spp., Listeria monocytogenes, Campylobacter, Staphylococcus aureus and more. The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service has adopted the BAX® System for meat and poultry testing, and government testing agencies in Canada, Brazil, China, Japan, Russia and other parts of the world have validated the BAX® System as an approved testing method to help protect their food supply and their citizens. The BAX® System has been certified by independent authorities such as AOAC and the French Association of Normalization (AFNOR). What’s more, the BAX® System has been included in the newly launched Emergency Response Validation (ERV) program of the AOAC Research Institute, a program designed to respond immediately to emerging food contamination crises.

Delivering Innovations year after year While we’re proud to have been a part of food safety history, we’re always looking ahead to provide the next breakthrough in food safety science – with technological advances and new assays that make food testing faster, more accurate and more convenient. One example is the BAX® System Real-time PCR Assay for Vibrio. This automated rapid method utilizes probe-based chemistry to detect three species of Vibrio – V. cholerae, V. parahaemolyticus and V. vulnificus – in the same sample, with results in less than 24 hours. Our most recent innovation is the BAX® System real-time PCR assay for detecting E. coli O157:H7 with same day results. Developed in collaboration with the USDA Agricultural Research Service, this highly accurate assay detects all known E. coli O157:H7, including rough strains. AOAC Research Institute has certified the test as a Performance TestedSM method for detecting E. coli O157:H7 in real-world sample sizes of raw ground beef, beef trim, lettuce and spinach. With cutting-edge technology, we are developing increasingly faster, more sensitive tests for pathogens and spoilage organisms. From sophisticated analytical platforms to soluble packets of enrichment media, DuPont Qualicon is a company you can trust to deliver the technology innovations you need to reduce risk, react to issues quickly and ultimately deliver the safest food possible to consumers. For additional information, contact DuPont Qualicon, ESL Bldg 400, P.O. Box 80400, Wilmington, DE 19803, Phone: 800.863.6842 or 302.695.5300, Qualicon.com

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