Food Safety & Quality Media Statements

bioMérieux, a world leader in in vitro diagnostics, celebrates the opening of the company’s Molecular & Genomic Innovation Center. The new 32,000 sq. ft. facility is home to the xPRO™ Program, which has rapidly changed the landscape of food safety diagnostic capabilities by partnering directly with industry leaders to address unmet needs to streamline operational efficiencies and further public health.

GENE-UP^® CAMPYLOBACTER is a real-time PCR-based solution that delivers results in under an hour and is AOAC validated for a variety of enrichment medias.

GENE-UP® PEC assay is a real-time PCR-based AOAC validated solution for the meat, produce, and food safety industry.

bioMérieux has entered into a strategic research collaboration with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), Offices of Applied Research and Safety Assessment (OARSA) and Regulatory Science (ORS) to develop tools to combat food-borne pathogens.

Company’s True Non-Enrichment Quantification Diagnostic Is The Standard-Setting Guideline for Salmonella Food-Safety Testing in the U.S.

For the second year running, bioMérieux and Mérieux NutriSciences have joined forces to better understand consumer perceptions around food safety on an international scale.

Following a Memorandum of Understanding, signed in 2016, for a bilateral scientific collaboration on Food Safety between FSSAI (Food Safety & Standards Authority of India) and ANSES (French Agency for Safety of Food, Environment and Occupational Health, France), and along with the support from the Embassy of France in India, a 2nd “Hands-on Training Program on Advanced Microbiological Techniques” was conducted.

“Take Off the Pump Handle”: BioFire CEO Randy Rasmussen on Meeting the New Challenges of Infectious Disease. Discover his keynote speech at the 2018 bioMérieux “Night at the Museum” event held in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 9th, 2018.

bioMérieux, a global player in in vitro diagnostics and world leader in food microbiology testing, today announced the acquisition of Invisible Sentinel Inc. This company, based in Philadelphia (PA) develops, manufactures and markets innovative and user-friendly molecular diagnostic tools for the rapid, accurate and reliable detection of pathogens and spoilage organisms in food and beverage.

Chicago (IL, USA), Marcy l’Étoile (France), June 7th, 2019 – For this inaugural World Food Safety Day, Mérieux NutriSciences and bioMérieux conducted an international consumer survey to better understand consumer perception and behaviors towards food safety in four countries: the United States, China, France and India.

Predictive Diagnostics uses traditional core microbiology solutions alongside data science, sequencing applications and predictive modeling to help move food producers from being reactive by detecting and responding to safety and quality issues, to being proactive by predicting and preventing them.