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Comment on New 3M Detection Platform Great Addition to Food Safety Testing Product Line by Tom Weschler

Tom Weschler — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:57:08 +0000

Good questions. Thanks for the response. Regarding the scope of organisms, they mention that in the press release…..they are only targeting pathogens and they detail the launch order. Their product page includes a brochure, specification sheet, and response form for more information. Like you, I also am interested in the launch price for the instrument and the per test cost of the reagents. So far, I have been unsuccessful in getting information. Please let me know what you find out.

Comment on New 3M Detection Platform Great Addition to Food Safety Testing Product Line by Tony Hanlon

Tony Hanlon — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:29:47 +0000

I would really like to get more information on the 3M Detection Platform.

Price; Availability (in Australia); Scope of organisms etc.

Thanks

Tony Hanlon
Director
Municipal Food Safety Services

Comment on Full of Thanks by Marian

Marian — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:58:45 +0000

Congratulations! Beautiful babies!. Enjoy the holidays and best wishes for next year.

Comment on Food Pathogen Testing Moving to Outside Testing Labs by Requirements for Food Safety Pathogen Testing Systems Changing - Strategic Consulting - Providing Direction for Industrial Diagnostics

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:13:46 +0000

[...] discussed in my previous post, the increasing trend in food safety testing is to send samples to an outside food testing [...]

Comment on Food Pathogen Testing Moving to Outside Testing Labs by Tom Weschler

Tom Weschler — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 19:56:11 +0000

Simon,

Yes, there is an inherent conflict between HACCP and the trend to send more pathogen samples outside for analysis.

The fundamentals of HACCP stress the need to control the incoming raw materials as well as the operating conditions in the food factory. If that is maintained then the end product produced at the factory should be under control. To accomplish this, a food factory needs microbiology testing done on site and with immediate results. However, currently available technology doesn’t provide this capability. The best that can be achieved is results the next day.

Given this delay, food factories have resorted to increased reliance on end product testing. In addition, they have accepted that immediate results aren’t possible, and thus rationalized waiting a little longer for the results and sending the analysis outside.

In the next five years, I believe new technology will provide a better solution. I believe point-of-sample collection testing/analysis with same-shift results will be coming. When it does, I believe testing will start moving back to the factory. With this new testing capability, I also believe there will be a shift away from reliance on end product testing and an increase in raw material, in process, and environmental testing. This shift should enable implementation of testing more in line with HACCP.

Comment on Food Pathogen Testing Moving to Outside Testing Labs by Simon Varney

Simon Varney — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:45:22 +0000

Hello Tom –

This is an interesting comment, as it appears to contradict an earlier trend of increased rapid testing at food and feed companies. That is, rapid testing of raw material inputs reduces contamination within the plant, as well as enabling food producers to turn inventory faster. Plus, the increased testing requirements (type and frequency) in today’s food safety environment makes rapid, on-site testing more affordable than the outsourcing of testing. Is this indeed a contradiction? … Thanks.