Microbial analysis

Microbiological quality is critical in food and feed product safety assessment. Microbial food testing is essential to identify food borne pathogens and spoilage organisms. This testing can ensure continued safety of food products along the supply chain. Monitoring of functional microbes which may be entered during production or in the final product is equally important.

Eurofins Food & Feed Testing microbial analysis will help clients to assess the safety and efficacy of ingredients, semi manufactures foods, final products and the entire processing steps. We have international network of testing laboratories with most advanced technologies and experts developing up-to-date standards for microbial testing for diverse food and feed samples.

Eurofins Food & Feed Testing offers both classical and modern methods like polymerase chain reaction (PCR), Vitek Immuno Diagnostic Assay System (VIDAS®) for rapid microbial analysis. We also provide experts guidance and solutions for questions related to reliable tests or methods to be used.

Eurofins Food & Feed Testing establishes itself in such a way that it can perform microbiological testing services according to local, national or international regulations and thus marking itself as a global leader in analytical testing services provider.

Current microbiological testing methods

A wide range of testing methods are available to assess the safety of food matrices, including traditional techniques (also referred to as wet chemical methods) as well as advanced analytical approaches such as spectroscopy, chromatography, Vitek Immuno Diagnostic Assay System (VIDAS®), polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and many others.

Currently, liquid or gas chromatography combined with mass spectrometry is mostly used chemical testing method as it facilitates detection of low concentrations of analytes even in highly complex food matrices.

Traditional microbial testing involves time intensive procedures like culture-based techniques with selective agars, or other biochemical assay techniques. Moreover, identifying for the presence of harmful microbes like allergens, food fraud, food borne pathogens is much easier and accurate with DNA-based biomolecular technologies.

Some of the advanced technologies that will continue to have a significant impact on microbiological testing for food safety include:

  • Culture-based tests such as enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) methods and rapid diagnostic test kits for detection of bacterial pathogens and microbial toxins
  • Biosensor-based techniques - real time testing
  • DNA-based fingerprinting techniques with high degree of specificity for assessing the safety of food
  • VIDAS testing

Various testing services offered by Eurofins Food & Feed Testing

As a global industry leader, Eurofins Food & Feed Testing microbiology laboratories is widely accepted and trusted for its honest test portfolio, breadth and depth of microbiology service offerings, rapid result turnaround time, and reasonable price points. Our technical expertise is additional bonus for customers, including food safety program development to spoilage and pathogen prevention strategies. We make sure that our services are fast, accurate, local, and convenient to our customers.

We offer microbiological food testing services for a wide range of parameters, including both conventional and rapid microbial detection solutions such as Eurofins BACGene, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and the VIDAS® system, alongside traditional culture-based techniques.

Pathogens

A full suite of pathogen detection tests is available in our testing scope. We offer multiple technology platforms using both biomolecular and conventional cultural techniques as well as follow industry validated methods. Our experts help customers to resolve their regulatory compliance, FDA (Food and Drug Adminsitration) detention, and other contamination related issues.

List of many pathogens we currently analyse in our laboratory include

  • Salmonella species
  • Listeria monocyogenes and species
  • Escherichia coli, O157:H7, O157, and STECs
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Campylobacter species
  • Bacillus cereus
  • Shigella species
  • Clostridium perfringens
  • Cronobacter sakazakii
  • Pseudomonas aeroginosa

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