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Pathogen Detection

Why Listeria Monitoring Matters?

Preventing Listeria Contamination in the Food Industry

Listeria are hardy bacteria that can survive and multiply in cold, moist environments—such as refrigerators, drains, and processing lines. Among them, Listeria monocytogenes is the most concerning due to its ability to contaminate ready-to-eat (RTE), dairy, meat, seafood products and cause serious illness in vulnerable populations (Listeriosis).

Invasive listeriosis leads to: High hospitalization and fatality rates. Severe risk to pregnant women, elderly, and immunocompromised individuals.

The presence of Listeria spp. in the environment often serves as an indicator of contamination by Listeria monocytogenes.

Listeria Prevention & Control with Augmented Diagnostics

Implementing an Augmented Diagnostics approach can help answer questions caused by Listeria contamination such as :

  • How can you manage raw material quality to avoid Listeria contamination?
  • How can you detect and understand the presence of Listeria in your environment, raw materials, and products?
  • How can you rapidly find the origin of a Listeria contamination in order to take effective, corrective, and preventive actions?
  • How can you protect your brand image and avoid outbreaks?
  • How can you limit the cost and associated costs of a Listeria contamination?

bioMérieux’s Augmented Diagnostics approach empowers food producers with smarter tools to detect, trace, and eliminate Listeria—from routine testing to root cause analysis.

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Our Listeria Detection & Prevention Solutions

  • VIDAS® KUBE™ Automated Food Pathogens Detection

    EASY AUTOMATED FOOD PATHOGEN DETECTION

     VIDAS® KUBE™’s adaptable automation helps your lab to be more productive, more accurate, and at the forefront of innovation—all-in-one simplifed platform.

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  • GENE-UP®

    Automated Pathogen Detection

    Our real-time PCR solution simplifies workflows, decreases cross-contamination risks, and gives you rapid results that speed up critical manufacturing decisions.

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  • GENE-UP® TYPER

    Now You Know

    Move from test results to actionable insights and make impactful decisions within 2 hours from an isolated colony with GENE UP® TYPER. This real-time PCR assay utilizes probabilistic typing of specific microorganisms to help identify the root cause of contamination and avoid future recurrence. 

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  • ENVIROMAP® Automated Environmental Monitoring

    Elevate Your Environmental Monitoring Program

    ENVIROMAP® is a secure, cloud-based system that allows you to automate your environmental monitoring program and assists with the entire sampling lifecycle.

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  • Genomics Tools In Food Manufacturing

    Pathogen Mapping, Spoiler Mapping, Microbiome Discovery

     

    Genomics tools are changing the way food manufacturers manage quality control issues, leading to an efficient use of their budget and significant savings on non-quality cost.

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  • Pathogen Environmental Monitoring E-Learning Course

    Elevate your team's expertise and ensure consistent planning and execution across your organization with our interactive eLearning course.

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case study gene-up typer root cause analysis in raw milk

CASE STUDY

Augmented Diagnostics with GENE-UP® TYPER for root cause analysis of  Listeria monocytogenes in the production of raw milk products

A dairy product producer needed to assess the quality of milk upon arrival to make rapid decisions. Listeria monocytogenes is the key contaminant of concern in raw milk. Testing the presence of this contaminant is crucial. bioMérieux provided a 2 in 1 solution for routine detection and typing with GENE-UP® TYPER enabled rapid decision making.

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SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE

Listeria Infection, Prevention, and Control

Read more about Listeria bacteria and how it is safely monitored and controlled in the food manufacturing and processing industries.
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pathogen mapping salmon case study bioMérieux

CASE STUDY

Augmented Diagnostics with Pathogen Mapping for better understanding  of Listeria monocytogenes contaminations in the salmon production.

A ready-to-eat salmon producer was recurrently encountering Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes is a common contaminant in salmon. Testing for this contaminant is especially crucial for smoked salmon as it is a ready-to-eat food. bioMérieux performed Pathogen Mapping, a Whole Genome Sequencing solution (WGS) for strain typing and better understanding of pathogen contaminations

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Food Safety and Quality

Our Approach

Move from Test Results to Actionable Insights with Augmented Diagnostics.

This approach helps our customers increase the precision and actionability of their safety and quality control programs along their entire production value-chain.

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