Scientific Research & Posters

In this webinar, Dr. Douglas Marshall, Chief Scientific Officer of Eurofins Microbiology, discusses the best practices to help resolve product and environmental contamination events with a focus on effective root cause analysis and deployment of corrective actions as well as consideration of successful long-term preventive actions. Original Air Date May 24, 2023

This Environmental Monitoring Guide focuses on why to have an environmental monitoring program (EMP), where and how to perform environmental monitoring with the Zone concept, evaluation of results and root cause analysis when out-of-spec environmental test results are found, and corrective actions to take based on root cause analysis.

In this on-demand webinar, Eurofins Microbiology Laboratories has partnered with Rheonix to explore the challenges centering around recurring Listeria in an environment, and to offer real answers to your nagging Listeria questions and limited industry resources. Original airdate November 14, 2023.

Company X, a leading national supplier of prepared foods, was set with their environmental monitoring program. Their plan and testing protocols were effective and efficient in collecting samples and evaluating for the organisms of concern. The problem was that they had been unable to eliminate the Listeria or trace it back to a source, so they turned to Eurofins and Rheonix.

The VIRSeek Hepatitis A, Norovirus G1 and G2 assays have been validated by ISO for detecting HAV and NoVG1 and NoVG2 in soft fruits, leaf, stem, and bulb vegetables, bottled water, bivalve molluscan shellfish, as well as on food surfaces.

Managing food safety & quality in fruit & vegetable processing is challenging and extremely dynamic; variable supply chains, seasonal quality issues, minimal pathogen mitigations, and short shelf-life often leaves little time to make critical decisions.

Implementing an Effective Listeria Control Plan for Fresh Produce

What tools do you have in place to prevent cross-contact of allergens in your facility? Check out our helpful and comprehensive guide to understanding and implementing a successful food allergen environmental monitoring plan.

New Rapid Pathogen Testing Services. Eurofins Microbiology Laboratories, Inc. is pleased to share our new Enteric Pathogen Risk Indicator (EPRI™) Testing. This new service is a rapid approach to risk identification and management using fast genetic technology (PCR) with the benefits of an indicator test. In addition, we can screen for Salmonella and Shiga toxigenic E. coli at the same time in one assay.

Did you know the type of swab or sponge in your environmental monitoring program (EMP) is important in regards to the methods used for detection of pathogens? Camila Gadotti discusses this topic in this short video. Eurofins publishes our Ask an Expert Series weekly on our social media platforms.