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Explore mycotoxin testing methods, risk factors, and best practices to detect contamination, ensure compliance, and protect food and feed supply chains.

Learn how coliform testing helps food manufacturers verify sanitation, detect contamination risks, and strengthen food safety programs.

Escherichia coli are Gram-negative, coliform bacteria that are one of the most common species found in human digestive systems.

At IAFP 2026, Neogen is proud to play an active role — presenting new research, leading technical sessions, and engaging with experts across the food safety community.

Your Guide to Interpreting Colitag™ Water Test System Results

Explore USDA FSIS updates on Listeria control, expanded testing requirements, enforcement trends, and how to respond to environmental positives.

Learn how ATP and protein-based hygiene testing verify sanitation effectiveness, reduce microbial risk, and support environmental monitoring in food facilities.

Learn how to build a proactive pathogen environmental monitoring program for food safety. Monitor Listeria, Salmonella, and Cronobacter to reduce contamination risks in food processing environments.

Learn what Listeria is and why it matters in food manufacturing. As regulatory requirements have become more stringent, the demand to test for listeria has increased.

Learn how lateral flow and ELISA allergen testing methods compare, where each fits in food manufacturing, and how to choose the right approach for your facility.

New World Screwworm cases are on the rise. Understand the risk and discover prevention tips to keep your animals and operation safe.

Understand how hook lines in lateral flow devices signal allergen overload conditions and reduce the risk of false negatives during food safety testing.

Learn the steps of Root Cause Analysis for food safety teams and how to apply this structured method to strengthen your environmental monitoring program.

Explore a real-world case study showing how ATP and microbial testing work together to strengthen sanitation, validation, and environmental monitoring.

A practical guide for QA and food safety managers on using protein screening and specific allergen tests based on real-world allergen risk assessment.

Expert Insights from Neogen® Technical Services

It’ll be calving season before you know it—are you ready? Read here to learn more about the essential tools you need, as well as tips and tricks to ensure you’re ready for whatever comes your way.

Learn how food safety regulations, trends, and transparency help food manufacturers strengthen compliance, build consumer trust, and protect brand reputation.

Learn how AOAC-validated Neogen Petrifilm plates support reliable, efficient microbiology testing, from method selection, verification to audit-ready results.

Discover the importance of allergen testing in food production, from improving consumer safety to maintaining compliance with industry standards.

Learn how environmental sampling validates non-process preventive controls and pre-requisite programs to strengthen compliance.

Strengthen your allergen control program with environmental monitoring. Learn how to sample, test, and trend data to stay compliant.

Explore how automated colony counting is improving accuracy, speed, and consistency in microbial enumeration and plate reading methods across labs.

Neogen has conducted over 500 validation studies for mycotoxins over the last 45 years. Learn why validated mycotoxin test kits are essential for trusted results on your products.

Learn how to prevent shellfish allergen cross-contact and enhance food safety with Neogen’s allergen detection solutions.

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Your Environmental Monitoring Resource Hub

Get expert answers to common Environmental Monitoring Program questions. Learn best practices, key targets, and data insights from Neogen’s EM Handbook.

Learn how to build a robust food safety data management system. Discover best practices for structuring, analyzing, and communicating your data story.

In the realm of food safety testing, the choice of methodology can significantly impact lab efficiency, accuracy, and overall workflow.

Everyday, the high-risk decision to start food production needs to be made. So, how do you know if surfaces are clean and safe for production?

Welcome to Neogen®’s Monday Mycotoxin Report, our analysis of mycotoxin occurrence, relevant weather, crop conditions, and crop progress during the 2025 growing and harvest season.

Discover why grind size matters in mycotoxin testing. Learn how proper sample preparation improves accuracy, compliance, and reliability.

Learn how indicator organisms support food safety by strengthening sanitation, preventing contamination, and driving EMP success.

Learn how proactive spoilage monitoring protects shelf life, verifies sanitation, and prevents costly recalls in food and beverage facilities.

Explore how insurance companies are becoming key partners by helping food safety businesses adopt data-driven preventative tools.

Discover how environmental monitoring for food safety helps prevent recalls, maintain compliance, and protect your brand in food and beverage manufacturing.

To effectively reduce contamination risks, there are a few essential tips that can specifically help mitigate risks and help enhance the overall safety and quality of RTE products.

Campylobacters are part of the natural gut microflora in chickens, turkeys, swine, cattle and sheep.

Cronobacters have been isolated from powdered infant formula making the bacteria especially risky for newborn infants.

Salmonellae stand out among pathogenic organisms for its high prevalence.

Enterobacteria are recognized as an important group in the food industry for monitoring hygiene and sanitation.

Audits can be critical for food manufacturers and their ability to maintain production output while meeting regulatory compliance requirements.

Bieber Red Angus Ranch has long been known as a progressive leader in creating profitable genetics for the beef industry.

As the need for automation and digitization increases for food manufacturers, the demand for specialized solutions has increased.

Food safety and quality control are vital components to the food industry, playing a crucial role in safeguarding public health, upholding brand reputation, and enhancing compliance with industry regulations.

When a food safety team is alerted to a positive test result, especially a pathogen, that team’s food safety program is challenged.

Preventing mycotoxin outbreaks is critical in the agriculture, food production, and storage industries as it helps ensure the safety and quality of products.

An organization’s culture plays a large role in successfully implementing food safety technology and digital transformation. Embracing food safety technology is a process, one that requires iterations and updates to optimize for the organization.

The significance of mycotoxin testing in maintaining the safety of food and feed grows increasingly evident as the seasons shift and harvest time approaches.

Enumeration is a critical but time-consuming task, the Petrifilm Automated Feeder is ideal for operations that process more than 100,000 plates a year.

We sat down with four of Neogen’s® Petrifilm® experts to reflect on 40 years of customer collaboration, product innovation, and business transformation – and to look ahead to how Neogen is poised to remain at the forefront of innovation in the food safety industry as we move into the future.

This guide will show you how to set up barcodes and will outline the compatibility requirements for the Petrifilm Plate Reader Advanced and Petrifilm Automated Feeder.

Environmental monitoring for foodborne pathogens in processing and other food-handling facilities has become a top proactive approach for microbial food safety for many companies.

Welcome to your new Neogen LM1 ATP testing device connected to Neogen Analytics Essentials, the most advanced hygiene testing solution available today! Registering and connecting your device to the Neogen Analytics Essentials cloud is easy.

Software is being made available that provides a digitized and automated approach to managing, communicating, and providing a more preventive testing and sanitation program.

For 40 years, Petrifilm Plates have helped customers reach their sustainability goals by reducing waste, cutting greenhouse gas emissions, saving energy, and consuming less water.

In a recent webinar, we delved into the importance of effective training in the food safety industry, exploring its direct relationship with food safety fundamentals and best practices in adult learning. Here's a recap of the key takeaways from this informative session.

The real power in going digital is automating the launch and management of your corrective actions.

With the advancement of digitization and automation of testing programs, the capability to define and execute on “what if” scenarios with pathogens is advancing.

In a recent webinar, Neogen Technical Services Representatives Brandon Wong and Brad Orpano delivered an insightful presentation on the role of ATP testing within comprehensive environmental monitoring programs (EMPs). Here's a recap of the key takeaways from this informative session.

In the 40 years since, Petrifilm Plates have become an industry standard – providing a simple, reliable, and consistent method for microbial testing in the food industry.

As the seasons change and harvest times approach, the importance of mycotoxin testing in ensuring food and feed safety becomes increasingly evident.

We explore the development of a holistic and integrated environmental monitoring program with experts from our Neogen Food Safety technical team, Gabriela Lopez Velasco and Ana Maria Lozano.

Making the transition from spreadsheets and binders full of paper to a digitized environmental monitoring program is not just about making data easier to input and access.

Troy Rowan, UTIA Genomics Center for the Advancement of Agriculture, explains the benefits in knowing what you are getting when buying calves in this DNA Dialogue episode.

Troy Rowan, UTIA Genomics Center for the Advancement of Agriculture, explains value-added programs and how producers using genomics can now take advantage of these programs.

An overview of the 4-part series of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) reports that address priority food allergens, allergen thresholds, precautionary labelling, and allergen exemption considerations.

Troy Rowan, UTIA Genomics Center for the Advancement of Agriculture, explains how genomics increases overall profitability through more accurate selection decisions in this DNA Dialogue episode.

Troy Rowan, UTIA Genomics Center for the Advancement of Agriculture, discusses the importance of stayability and genetic selection of this trait to create productive females.

Troy Rowan, UTIA Genomics Center for the Advancement of Agriculture, discusses the importance of hybrid vigor and the benefits it can bring your herd in this DNA Dialogue episode.

Jamie T. Courter, Ph.D. Bovine Technical Services Manager / Genomics for Neogen, explains the best time to take your DNA testing samples in this DNA Dialogue episode.

Will Fiske, Bovine Technical Services Scientist – Neogen Genomics, discusses the importance of understanding parentage in your herd to aid in selection and management decisions.

Dr. Galen Erickson, Professor of Ruminant Nutrition at University of Nebraska Lincoln, breaks down the important characteristics behind quality carcasses and what the packers are looking for related to the carcass.

We interviewed two food safety lab workers from Everspring Farms Ltd. about the effects the Neogen® Petrifilm® Plate Reader Advanced has had on their lab.

Jamie T. Courter, Ph.D. Bovine Technical Services Manager / Genomics for Neogen, walks us through some great tips for collecting and storing a proper sample in this DNA Dialogue episode.

We sat down with Cameron Kedy, Director of Microbiology and Food Safety at QuanTEM Food Safety Laboratories, to talk about his lab’s experience using the Neogen® Molecular Detection System to increase efficiency.

Dr. Galen Erickson, Professor of Ruminant Nutrition at University of Nebraska Lincoln, talks about avoiding black swan events and various strategies of risk management in this DNA Dialogue episode.

Dr. Jamie Courter is talking about the importance of genomics.

Dr. Galen Erickson, Professor of Ruminant Nutrition at University of Nebraska Lincoln, discusses the cost breakdown of days on feed and different marketing strategies in this DNA Dialogue episode.

Will Fiske, Bovine Technical Services Scientist – Neogen Genomics, explains the importance and effects of genetic conditions and how genetic testing can help manage problems before they even exist.

Jamie T. Courter, Ph.D. Bovine Technical Services Manager/Genomics for Neogen, answers the questions of “Why invest in Genomics” for the commercial cow/calf operation in this DNA Dialogue episode.

As we went through the workshop exercise, we explored the elements of risk. Specifically, risk is defined as a combination of three factors: Is something POSSIBLE; how PROBABLE is it to occur; and what is the potential SEVERITY if it were to occur?

From a regulatory standpoint, there are not any defined thresholds below which food is considered safe in almost all cases.

Food safety is critical to our society and the overall health of a rapidly growing population. Food safety professionals bear the burden of increasing demands from all directions inside and outside their organizations.

We sat down with Ana Maria Lozano, Field Technical Service Representative for United States and Canada Food Safety division, who shared her insights into environmental monitoring current trends in our food safety industry.

How data technology can alleviate the friction between Food Production and Food Safety.

Creating meaningful and timely reporting that can be communicated effectively is almost impossible to do manually. Food organizations are weighing the benefits of adopting a digital data solution to accelerate access to information, eliminate human error, and streamline the ability to collect, assemble, and deliver impactful analytics.

Apart from its literature definition, food safety culture can be thought of as an overall mindset for driving organizational beliefs and values around the importance of food safety and puts it into action with specific and observable actions.

The benefits of having a well-rounded and robust testing program are many and well documented.

View Frequently Asked questions about Clean-Trace®

The most important thing in food supply is that the food is safe. Microbiological testing is essential to ensure safety. Here, we will introduce the basics of food microbial testing.

Digitizing your food safety data will make it easier to find and remediate issues before they harm your operations, products, customers, and consumers.

Integrating your mix of internal and external lab services with your testing software solution not only provides faster results, it can have a significant impact on risk reduction. Learn about the types of risk that can be mitigated once your lab is integrated with your food safety data solution.

Biopreservation is more than chemical preservatives. Lactic acid bacteria enhance food stability, taste, and safety.

Unlocking efficiency and compliance in the food industry through risk-based approaches.

We have created a five-part webinar series to map out an environmental monitoring learning path. Learn why this is a vital part of food safety programs and what to expect.

Microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses are the most common cause of foodborne illness in the United States.

The advancement of digitally automated testing and sanitation programs is accelerating. This is similar in many ways to our collective experience with other industries.

Igenity® BeefxDairy is a DNA test that gives producers and feeders alike data to manage and market these beef-on-dairy calves. Igenity BeefxDairy provides feeders with the needed carcass data with four major traits that can help producers and buyers maximize the potential of these cattle.

In a constantly evolving industry, there’s one thing that never changes, and that’s the need for great customer service.

The “new way” of doing things promises a vastly different approach – a digital one – where a portion of your audit prep is always on.

Create a plan for food safety by identifying, assessing, and managing allergens in your food environment.

Over the past five years, Neogen has collected information and learnings from hundreds of organizations executing their EMP corrective actions within a digitally transformed process.

The organization’s leadership team wanted to bring a technology-based, unified solution to help improve their current environmental monitoring program (EMP) by automating reporting, streamlining maintenance processes, and tracking spend on testing.

Over the course of several months, we partnered with a large dairy product supplier to explore the challenges they faced with their EMP and how automating a manual process helped drive increased efficiencies, reduce pathogen positives, and ultimately, improve the bottom line.

As corrective actions are being deployed, disruption to production is an almost certain result.

In the course of your brand’s recovery from any damaging consequences, it’s vital to take every precaution to prevent a recurrence.

A message to food and beverage producers about food safety data: It is YOUR data. You should be able to see all of it without limitation.

“The greatest benefit of genomically testing cattle is increased accuracy.” Listen in as Nick Hammett, Neogen® Regional Manager, describes the benefits of genomically testing cattle and how it applies to operation decisions.

“Neogen has the world’s largest team of genomics experts to help you interpret those results.” Nick Hammett, Neogen® Regional Manager, explains how Neogen can help you interpret your results and the process of how you receive your results.

Buying genetically tested bulls “allows you to have a greater accuracy in regards to the EPD that you are looking at and making selection decisions based upon.” Dr. Paige Pratt, Neogen® Territory Manager, speaks on the importance of genetically testing bulls and how it can greatly affect your operation.

“TSUs is the best because it producers a higher quality sample and it’s as simple as punching an ear, just like putting an ear tag in their ear.” Curtis Bryant, Neogen® Territory Manager, explains the best type of sample to submit for cattle genomic testing and the ease of the process.

Aspects of environmental data collection, storage, analysis, and use are explored in this blog to enhance food safety.

Genetically testing your cow herd allows you to find those animals that are genetically superior in their EPD profile.” Listen in as Dr. Paige Pratt, Neogen® Territory Manager, talks about why you should genetically test your cow herd and the benefits it can bring your operation.

Get your questions answered with a Q&A blog about environmental monitoring and factors that can impact your program.

Genomic testing provides producers with a lot of advantages, but one of the greatest advantages provided is the ability to measure the unknown.

Learn tips for Neogen® Petrifilm® from our technical experts and find answers to common questions in this Q&A style blog.

Cannabinoids such as Delta-8 are growing in prevalence and might be shaping the way labs test.

“You can either choose to use genetic testing and do the leaps and bounds generation turnover that make the progress possible, or you can go on the slow track that leaves you probably generations behind in as few as three years.” Watch this clip as Don Schiefelbein, with Schiefelbein Farms, speaks about the genetic progress possible through genetic testing with Angus GS.

Angus GS is the highest industry standard in genomics testing and a key element in reducing risk in your herd. Listen in as James Coffey with Branch View Angus tells his story with Angus GS.

In 2021, the International Organization for Standardization published part three of the ISO 16140 series, ISO 16140-3:2021, which provides the protocols for verification of reference and validated alternative methods in a single laboratory.

Bob Zwald of Bomaz Farms talks about the future of genomics testing in the dairy industry, and how Neogen® Igenity® dairy products, Essential and Select, are driving the future of the dairy industry.

Neogen®’s Luke Thevenet, Sales Director, joined the National Provisioner podcast to discuss current food safety topics.

We recently checked in with Lab Manager Raul Montesinos from Sigma Alimentos on his experience using the Neogen® Petrifilm® Plate Reader Advanced to help overcome challenges in his lab.

Beef on dairy: What do the genomic results say?

Learn how comprehensive training can help new team members feel less overwhelmed and, for more experienced staff, skill-building opportunities can help increase engagement.

TSUs provide a simple, quick, and reliable way to take DNA samples. TSUs are producers’ top choice for sampling cattle on their farm and ranch.

Read our five tips to help food manufacturers build more efficient and effective environmental monitoring programs.

Max Wolf, Product Manager, introduces Veratox® VIP for Peanut, an assay for detection of low levels of peanut residues.

Learn how K-Blue® Luminescent caters to chemiluminescent substrate needs and can help improve your assay developments through increased sensitivity and reduced assay times.

An overview of Neogen®'s Colitag™ presence/absence test for total coliforms and E. coli in water.

Make better decisions faster with RFID technology, our best-in-class surface sampler, and software to enable reliable data.

Andy Bohannon explains the importance of calibrating the AccuPoint® Advanced Next Generation system.

One of the important roles they play is to support the immune response to infectious diseases.

See how the AccuPoint Advanced® flat tip sampler provides better coverage for a more consistent sample.

Features and functions, sampling procedure, and navigating the database manager.

The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay is a testing technique used to detect and measure substances in biological samples.

SkimSEEK™ provides inexpensive but highly accurate low-pass sequence data and imputation to full sequence and variant calls — allowing you to go deeper into a variety of genomes.

Read along as David dives into the food safety industry's digitalization of resources and data and its impacts today! Follow along to get the next piece of the series.

As a planthopper, it’s a significant threat to the livelihood of the nursery, landscaping and timber industries, as well as damaging to many plants of agricultural importance, like orchards, grapes, and hops.

A brief behind-the-scenes look at Neogen's genomics operations in Lincoln, Nebraska.

An important aspect of preparing culture media is the weighing and handling of the powder.

Some tips on how to get the best possible results and the importance of appropriate drying when preparing your media.

Correct storage of dehydrated culture media powder is essential to maintain the efficacy of the product.

Science fiction has brought us innumerable tales of cool things happening in outer space, from giant battles waged between super-speeding spaceships to the exploration of exotic, unknown planets in distant galaxies. These stories might pass over some of the more mundane facets of futuristic space life, like how our heroes eat and survive, but it doesn’t make it any less exciting when we step closer to them in real life.

An increase in the abuse of opioids — which includes prescription painkillers as well as illegal drugs like heroin — is an issue in many parts of the world. Although the problem is most pronounced in the U.S., the United Kingdom is also seeing increased opioid statistics. Here’s the latest news on the crisis.

A good sanitation standard operating procedure is essential to ensure that business can continue as usual. There are many tests and methods to verify cleanliness. Here, we’ll take a look at some of the options.

Several European countries have faced unusually frequent outbreaks of histamine poisoning from fish over the past few months.

Time for some cow math. Angus + Brahman = Brangus.

Testing for adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is an amazingly simple, cost-effective and efficient method of validating the effectiveness of a food manufacturer’s cleaning procedures.

One of the most important questions facilities implementing an ATP sanitation verification program face is how to establish effective thresholds.