Assurance GDSª for Salmonella Receives Final AOAC Approval
Bellevue, Wash (June, 2006) BioControl Systems, Inc., a worldwide leader in food safety testing announced today that Assurance GDS™ for Salmonella, has been approved as an AOAC Performance Tested method (No. 050602). Assurance GDS for Salmonella was found to be equivalent to or better than the reference culture methods for both food and environmental samples. BioControl will be proceeding forward to obtain AOAC Official Method of Analysis approval on this method.

Assurance GDS for Salmonella is the first commercially available DNA based detection method to provide Salmonella results in as few as 20 hours. “Increasing emphasis is being placed on process control as a means of improving operational efficiency and food safety”, states Anita Kressner, Director of Sales and Marketing. “Fast and accurate Salmonella detection methods validated for both food and environmental samples can offer customers a significant advantage”, says Kressner.

In addition to faster results Assurance GDS also offers greater accuracy in the form of multiple layers of specificity including Immunomagnetic separation (IMS), highly specific primers, and a patented probe system. “The multiple levels of specificity have enabled us to overcome matrix interference and cross reactivity; issues that are common to other genetic based systems. The benefit to customers being consistently, accurate results”, says Geoff Bright, Microbiology Product Manager.

Completing the system is the Assurance GDS Rotor-Gene, an innovative multi-channel rotary cycler for the amplification and detection of the target. The Assurance GDS Rotor-Gene can read multiple, distinct targets thereby eliminating the need for melt curves, which can be difficult and time consuming to interpret.

In addition to Salmonella, the Assurance GDS platform includes assays for E coli O157:H7 (AOAC Official Method 2005.04), Shiga Toxin Genes (AOAC Official Method 2005.05), Listeria spp., and Listeria monocytogenes.

BioControl has been a recognized leader in the development of innovative rapid microbiological tests for the food industry since 1985. We offer an extensive line of proprietary, rapid tests for pathogen detection, quality control, and hygiene monitoring. For more information contact BioControl at 425.603.1123.