Life Technologies collaborates with USDA to develop same-day, multi-strain E. coli detection system
Life Technologies Corp. has received a Letter of No Objection from the U.S. Department of Agriculture -- Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) for its RapidFinder STEC (Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli) Detection system. Developed in collaboration with the USDA, the solution provides meat producers a new, validated solution that accurately detects the presence of multiple strains of E. coli in raw beef in just 10 hours.
The Letter of No Objection supports the test’s effectiveness and allows companies to comply with the USDA’s regulation standards. The RapidFinder system’s quick turnaround time to achieve accurate results reduces the standard six-day process established by the USDA Microbiology Laboratory Guidebook (MLG). While the MLG method provides confident results and isolation of E. coli, the traditional process is time consuming, labor intensive and requires too many reagents, all of which drive up cost.