Testing in food industry

[Harold Stringer]

"Dr. Andreas Hey" <106223.3470 at compuserve.com> wrote:
>I am looking for some market information about bacterial 
>contamination testing in food industry. I am especially 
>interested in getting an idea how often alternative techniques to 
>usual microbiology testing are used. I am thinking of techniques 
>like PCR, cytometry, immunoassays, impedance.

The US company Gene Trak has some very good (sensitive and specific)
DNA/RNA hybridazation assays (Campylobacter, E.  coli, Staph. aureus,
Yersinia enterocolitica, Listeria monocytogenes and species,
Salmonella). You can contact them in the USA at +508 437 7400

Dr. H. Stringer