Pursuit of Clarity for WGS in Food Production Environments

By Joseph Heinzelmann

…ID and source tracking, pathogen point source tracking. Using next generation sequencing, a private database, and applications such as 16s metagenomic analysis, phylogenetic tree generation, and identification programs with NeoSeek,…

…ID and source tracking, pathogen point source tracking. Using next generation sequencing, a private database, and applications such as 16s metagenomic analysis, phylogenetic tree generation, and identification programs with NeoSeek,…

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Sasan Amini, Clear Labs

NGS in Food Safety: Seeing What Was Never Before Possible

By Sasan Amini

…the U.S. FDA passed a new pathogen reduction rule using HACCP across all meat and poultry raw products. NGS: Next-generation sequencing. NGS is the most modern, parallel, high-throughput DNA sequencing

…the U.S. FDA passed a new pathogen reduction rule using HACCP across all meat and poultry raw products. NGS: Next-generation sequencing. NGS is the most modern, parallel, high-throughput DNA sequencing

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Ravi Ramadhar, Food Safety Business Director for Life Sciences Solutions, Thermo Fisher Scientific
In the Food Lab

Molecular Diagnostics – Generations One (Pre-1995) and Two (1995-2005)

By Ravi Ramadhar

…in food testing – the introduction of automated results generation. Generation 2 (1995- 2005): The emergence of standardized food molecular and method workflow Beginning in the late 1990s, the promise…

…in food testing – the introduction of automated results generation. Generation 2 (1995- 2005): The emergence of standardized food molecular and method workflow Beginning in the late 1990s, the promise…

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Sequencing pattern, pathogens

Pilot Program Aims to Advance NGS to a Routine Pathogen Testing Platform

By Maria Fontanazza

NGS, or next generation sequencing, is described as the “most updated automated DNA sequencing technology available,” according to Eurofins’ Gregory Siragusa, Ph.D. and Douglas Marshall, Ph.D. Over the past few…

NGS, or next generation sequencing, is described as the “most updated automated DNA sequencing technology available,” according to Eurofins’ Gregory Siragusa, Ph.D. and Douglas Marshall, Ph.D. Over the past few…

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Megan Nichols
FST Soapbox

Technology Tools Improving Food Safety

By Megan Ray Nichols

…this possibility altogether. Next-Generation Sequencing NGS refers to a high-throughput DNA sequencing process that is now available to the food industry as a whole. It’s cheaper, more effective and takes…

…this possibility altogether. Next-Generation Sequencing NGS refers to a high-throughput DNA sequencing process that is now available to the food industry as a whole. It’s cheaper, more effective and takes…

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Millennials Are Changing the Food Industry

By Chelsey Davis

…articles out there, it’s hard to really understand who these folks are and what they want. Here are just a few fun facts about this generation: 50 percent consider themselves…

…articles out there, it’s hard to really understand who these folks are and what they want. Here are just a few fun facts about this generation: 50 percent consider themselves…

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Clear Labs Clear Safety

Will Next-Generation Sequencing Dethrone PCR?

By Maria Fontanazza

Today Clear Labs announced the availability of its next-generation sequencing (NGS) platform, Clear Safety, for pathogen testing. Competing head-to-head with PCR, the product intends to bring NGS into the routine…

Today Clear Labs announced the availability of its next-generation sequencing (NGS) platform, Clear Safety, for pathogen testing. Competing head-to-head with PCR, the product intends to bring NGS into the routine…

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Sasan Amini, Clear Labs
FST Soapbox

Beyond the Results: What Can Testing Teach Us?

By Sasan Amini

…to a vehicle for driving actions and offering recommendations. Two examples of such transformations include product development and environmental testing. Food-Safety Testing Data and Product Development Next-generation-sequencing (NGS) technologies demonstrate…

…to a vehicle for driving actions and offering recommendations. Two examples of such transformations include product development and environmental testing. Food-Safety Testing Data and Product Development Next-generation-sequencing (NGS) technologies demonstrate…

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