Laboratories should have quality-control procedures for monitoring the validity of all tests and calibrations undertaken, including the use of certified reference materials.
To combat food safety challenges, quality systems and quality assurance are vital to maintain accurate, valid and reproducible food pathogen testing results.
Detecting the presence of those same spoilage organisms in a food processing environment before they have had a chance to multiply exponentially is not so easy.
Sometimes, innovation in an approach is as important as innovation in a product. When scientists at Thermo Fisher Scientific faced the challenge of analyzing four types of antibiotics from dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS), they realized some creative thinking would be needed.