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INDUSTRY PRODUCTS
Fluid Metering New Valveless, Fluid Transfer Pump
for Analytical Instrumentation
The new valveless Fluid Transfer Pump from Fluid Metering, Inc.
(FMI) delivers precision fluid control for analytical instrumentation.
FMI's valveless, Fluid Transfer Pump integrates CeramPump®
pumping technology with the long-life performance of a brushless
DC motor and integral driver electronics. All that is needed is a
simple 24VDC input power supply making FMI's Fluid Transfer
Pump an easy drop-in for existing instrumentation designs.
FMI's unique CeramPump® valveless piston fluid control
technology utilizes one moving part, a rotating and reciprocating
ceramic piston to accomplish all fluid control functions within
the pump, thereby eliminating the need for check valves typical of
reciprocating pump designs. Sapphire-hard, dimensionally stable
ceramic internal components substantially outperform peristatic
pumps, whose accuracy is dependent on the memory and integrity
of flexible tubing.
Fluid Metering, Inc.
+1 800.223.3388
Syosset, NY
www.fluidmetering.com

CERTUS™ Enters Food Safety Industry with
Revolutionary Bio-contained, In-house Pathogen
Detection System
CERTUS™ innovators in food safety technologies has announced entry into the food safety industry with the launch of the
CERTUS System for rapid pathogen detection and environmental
monitoring. The CERTUS System raises the bar with a unique
bio-contained, in-house solution for pathogen detection for small
and mid-sized food processing plants. Unmatched in its unique
approach to an industry dominated by outsourcing or complicated
in-house testing, this system will make food safer by providing
producers fast, easy and cost effective ways to detect environmental Listeria in food processing environments and the food itself
prior to reaching consumers.
CERTUS makes environmental testing and monitoring, which
was once complex, a "Simple, Safe and Smart" process, greatly
reducing time and cost by eliminating media preparation, sample
preparation, courier expense and risk of opening an enriched
sample in the plant. Anyone with minimal training will simply
swab a surface, add media to the Bio-Lock™ Detection Tube, and
insert the tube into the CERTUS Detection Unit to start getting
rapid results during the enrichment cycle. There is no need for

centrifuges, incubators, pipettes, stomachers, bags and many
ancillary items and steps that current methods require.
The company's patented Grow, Read, Detect™ continuous
monitoring process combines enrichment and high sensitivity
detection in a homogenous, no-wash format for real-time
monitoring; it eliminates complex workflow; and enables any food
processor to conduct safe and easy on-site testing, receive instant
alerts, and take action to remediate. The first commercial system
will be launched in 2018 for environmental monitoring and
prevention of Listeria spp.
"We are focused on building a business that solves real
problems. Now with FSMA compliance requirements, small and
medium-sized producers face expensive outsourced testing that
takes days for results to come in or they need to invest in bio-safe
labs, expensive equipment, and highly skilled lab technicians," says
CERTUS president, John Coomes. "Our customers will avoid all
of those risks and expenses."
CERTUS™
+1 872.810.4123
Chicago, IL
www.certusfoodsafety.com

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