Solus Scientific tests backed by AOAC

21-Jul-2016 - Last updated on 22-Jul-2016 at 07:57 GMT

Solus Scientific has had its Salmonella and Listeria test systems for food and environmental samples approved by the AOAC.

Solus Salmonella and Solus Listeria pathogen detection tests have been given Performance Tested Method status by the AOAC Research Institute (AOAC-RI).

The approvals validate the assays as a method for detecting Listeria species in bagged lettuce, hot dogs, frozen raw shrimp, smoked salmon, soft cheese and from environmental surfaces and Salmonella species in raw beef trim (375g), raw salmon fillet, raw chicken, bagged lettuce, instant non-far dry milk, cheddar cheese, shell eggs and from environmental surfaces.

Solus Scientific said the tests already have AFNOR approval.

Solus pathogen tests can be used with the Solus DS2 automated system to provide pathogen detection for a scalable number of samples.

The Solus DS2 system can run from one to 186 samples at a time, giving laboratories the capacity of almost 600 samples in an eight hour day.

Earlier this year, Ugene Laboratory Services in Singapore installed its first Solus pathogen screening system.

The Solus pathogen system can process large numbers of samples in a single run using an automated procedure, reducing the technician time required to handle samples and streamlining workflow.

Prior to installing the system, Ugene Laboratory Services performed pathogen detection using traditional culture techniques, which take days to get results.

Ugene Laboratory Services also recently installed a two-arm automated robot that can process food samples and conduct tests for contaminants, additives and bacteria.