Neogen acquires water microbiology testing technology

CONTACT: Steven J. Quinlan, Vice President & CFO, Neogen Corporation, 517/372-9200 LANSING, Mich., Aug. 1, 2018 — Neogen Corporation (NASDAQ: NEOG) announced today that it has acquired Clarus Labs, Inc. The acquisition provides Neogen products, and greater access to the $400 million global water microbiology testing market. The acquisition includes the patented Colitag™ water test, which... Read more

Shimadzu has released the EU Regulation Compliant GC-MS/MS Method Package for Dioxins in Foods.

EU Regulation Compliant GC-MS/MS Method Package for Dioxins in Foods Supports the Analysis of Dioxins in Foods Using GC-MS/MS Until recently, the analysis of dioxins in foods was mainly performed using magnetic sector (double-focusing) GC-MS instruments. However, GC-MS/MS (TQ) instruments are low cost and easy to handle, and offer a significant improvement in quantitative accuracy.... Read more

New Luna Omega HILIC Column Delivers Increased LC Separation of Sugars

Torrance, Calif. (July 19, 2018) – Phenomenex Inc., global leader in the research, design and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, announces a new Luna Omega phase for sugar analysis by hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC). Luna Omega SUGAR is specifically engineered for carbohydrate separation and analysis from food, beverage and pharmaceutical matrices, such as milk, animal... Read more

DNA-Based Pathogen Testing Company PathogenDx Raises $3.4 Million in Convertible Note Round

TUCSON, Ariz., July 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — PathogenDx Corporation, the innovative provider of DNA-based pathogen testing technology for the cannabis, botanical, food and agriculture industries, announced today the successful completion of a $3.4 million capital raise, completing the company’s convertible note round. The PathogenDx capital raise was co-led by Altitude Investment Management and The Panther Opportunity Fund. Other key funders include CanopyVentures,... Read more

Process Sensors, Unity Scientific, CHOPIN Technologies and AMS Alliance to feature on-line, at-line, and lab analyzer solutions for food processing at IFT 2018

Chicago, Illinois (July 15, 2018) – Process Sensors, Unity Scientific, CHOPIN Technologies and AMS Alliance – all KPM Analytics companies – will present their advanced analyzer solutions for food applications at IFT 2018, booth S-431 July 15 – 18 at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL. Used for process and quality control in dairy, beverage, cereal,... Read more

GE Healthcare launches Omnipaque Oral Solution, a ready-to-drink iodinated contrast medium for computed tomography of the abdomen

Boston, MA, USA –July 16, 2018 – GE Healthcare is launching OmnipaqueTM (iohexol) Oral Solution in the United States, a new, ready-to-drink iodinated contrast medium that can be used to help physicians diagnose medical conditions by improving the diagnostic visualization of the abdominal gastrointestinal tract.  Omnipaque oral solution is indicated for oral use only in... Read more

Pacific Biosciences Selected for NSF Project to Rapidly Sequence Maize Pangenome

MENLO PARK, Calif., July 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB), the leading provider of high-quality sequencing of genomes, transcriptomes and epigenomes, today announced that a multi-institutional consortium of maize researchers is using the Sequel® System to create a 26-line pangenome reference collection.Led by faculty investigator R. Kelly Dawe, Distinguished Research... Read more

AOAC Method of the Year for Confirmation and Identification in Food Microbiology Awarded to MALDI Biotyper® OMA

– MALDI Biotyper certified by MicroVal for fast and reliable routine confirmation of foodborne pathogenic bacteria under ISO/DIS 16140-6 SALT LAKE CITY, July 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — At the 2018 Annual Meeting of the International Association of Food Protection (www.foodprotection.org/), Bruker announces a standardized workflow for any microbial isolate confirmation and identification in food microbiology. The... Read more