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Ready-To-Eat Food

The risk of microbial contamination in Ready-To-Eat foods, like sandwiches and salads, is high due to the absence of cooking before consumption. These chilled products are especially prone to Listeria, Salmonella, and Escherichia coli. A major challenge for manufacturers lies in combining raw ingredients like vegetables and cheese with cooked elements such as meat and eggs while ensuring overall product safety. Careful zoning of raw materials based on their sensitivity and ensuring their safety before processing are essential steps. 

The short shelf life of finished products adds pressure to the entire operation, including the manufacturing line, supply chain, and quality control laboratory, necessitating efficient decisions to ensure rapid time-to-market and maximize business value. 

Beyond the Test: a new Era in Ready-to-Eat Food Industry! 

To mitigate cross-contamination risk and reduce costs associated with potential recalls, daily microbial testing throughout every production stage is crucial—from raw materials to the processing environment and finished products. However, current testing-based controls have limitations. Addressing today's evolving food safety challenges demands innovative solutions. 

With decades of expertise, bioMérieux understands the challenges facing Ready-to-Eat Food producers and the limitations of existing tests, leading to the creation of AUGMENTED DIAGNOSTICS. This approach combines Microbiology Testing with advanced Molecular & Genomic methodologies, Data Science, and Bioinformatics tools, enabling the extraction of actionable insights throughout the production process. By adopting AUGMENTED DIAGNOSTICS, Ready-to-Eat Food manufacturers gain comprehensive, easily understandable information to anticipate risks, ensure consumer safety, and prevent costly recalls. 

As a trusted partner, bioMérieux delivers game-changing solutions to improve risk management, prevent incidents, and sustain business performance in the Ready-to-Eat Food industry.

Solutions for Ready-To-Eat Food Industry

  • API® 

    Manual Microbial Identification

    API® makes microbial identification simple and reliable. Combining a standardized method with an extensive and robust digital microbial ID knowledge base, API® can easily be implemented into any microbiology laboratory.

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  • APS ONE™

    AUTOMATED CULTURE MEDIA PLATE POURING SYSTEM

    Automated Pourer Stacker for Petri dishes – a culture media plate pouring system that makes it possible to prepare superior homemade culture media plates for high quality test results.

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  • BIOBALL® Standardized Strains for Food Applications

    BIOBALL® delivers unprecented accuracy and precision, batch after batch.

    A small freeze dried water-soluble Certified Reference Material containing a precise number of viable micro-organisms for Quantitative Quality Control

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  • Culture Media    

    Comprehensive Control

    Reliable culture media solutions safeguard food products from contamination, making them an integral part of your laboratory’s daily quality control testing. 

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  • DILUMAT®

    Automated Sample Dilution

    The DILUMAT® dilution system is designed to ensure accurate dilutions and reduce contamination risks, standardizing your sample preparation and evolving with your needs.

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  • Dehydrated Culture Media for the Food Industry

    FLEXIBILITY AND OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE

    bioMérieux's Dehydrated Culture Media are specially formulated to offer optimal performance in various microbiological testing contexts and meet the specific requirements of the food industry.

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  • GENE-UP® Pathogenic E. coli

    Unrivaled Accuracy

    GENE-UP® Pathogenic E. Coli (PEC) brings accurate, reliable, and easy-to-use detection for the top pathogenic strains that threaten public health and brand reputation. In just 60 minutes after enrichment, you get unrivaled accuracy and rapid results.

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