Neogen® Molecular Detection System Awarded Contract from USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service
July 10, 2024

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. The goal is to identify and eliminate environmental pathogen sources, reducing the risk of food contamination and the associated risk of recalls, foodborne illness cases, and outbreaks.
Recently the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA FSIS) named Neogen Molecular Detection System as its primary testing method for detecting Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes in meat, poultry, and egg products. The USDA FSIS has been using the Neogen Molecular Detection System for Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes for over five years, attesting to the reliability and efficiency of the system. As part of the new contract, the agency also selected Listeria spp. and the newly available Neogen® Molecular Detection Assay 2 – Salmonella Enteritidis/Salmonella Typhimurium.
“Food producers and contract labs around the world have long trusted the Neogen Molecular Detection System as a fast, accurate, reliable, and easy-to-use method for pathogen detection,” said John Adent, Neogen’s President and CEO. “We are proud to receive this recognition and demonstrate our continued commitment to fueling a brighter future for global food security.”
The Neogen Molecular Detection System (MDS) makes the detection of foodborne pathogens simple and fast by utilizing loop-mediated isothermal DNA amplification (LAMP) technology. The Neogen MDS system utilizing LAMP technology provides food manufacturers with speed and ease in identifying these pathogens.
The system accommodates individual, pathogen-specific assays, allowing users in meat, poultry, and other food and beverage categories to simultaneously run up to 96 different tests for a variety of organisms across various food and environmental samples. The next-generation Neogen Molecular Detection Assays have been consistently validated globally by leading scientific validation organizations (AOAC® INTERNATIONAL, AFNOR, MicroVal) for a comprehensive index of sample types.
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Accurate
- Based on LAMP DNA amplification, offering high sensitivity and specificity.
- Robust method to common food inhibitors of DNA amplification reactions.
Fast
- Next-day results for most food matrices.
- Amplification results may appear as early as 15 mins, depending on the test.
Easy to Use
- Ready-to-use reagents to minimize errors.
- Only two pipetting steps; one to lyse enriched sample and one to prepare the DNA amplification reaction.
Reliable
- Validated by international organizations.
- NF VALIDATION by AFNOR Certification.
- AOAC® Official Methods of Analysis℠.
- AOAC® Performance Tested Methods℠.
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Interested in learning more about the Neogen Molecular Detection System and its various test kits? Contact your local Neogen Food Safety representative or visit https://www.neogen.com/molecular-detection-system.
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