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THE POWER OF MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND® DECEMBEContentsR/JANUARY 2015 • VOLUME 21 NUMBER 6 • www.foodqualityandsafety.com Innovative molecular detection for food safety made simple, Adopting a systematic Features allergen risk assess- accessible, and affordable ment for industry will provide accurate allergen 18 information to consumers, COVER STORY allowing them to make informed decisions BY EVANGELIA KOMITOPOULOU, PHD CONFUSION SURROUNDING The FIRST AOAC-RI certified ALLERGEN BELING vertical flow-based molecular test OM LA C A. LI ® Veriflow represents a new, ultra sensitive and user- © FOTO friendly class of diagnostics: molecular flow-based technology for the rapid detection of food pathogens. The patented Veriflow® system combines the sensitivity of VERIFLOW® LS Quality 27 real-time PCR tests with the ease of use associated with For detection of Listeria species from food and vertical flow-based diagnostics. 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T Serialization and tracking and PROGRAMS S tracing have potential to reduce TOR_MA ec How automation helps define all counterfeit products in food V © HACCP plan parameters, manages and beverage as well as the CCPs and workflow, and sees pharmaceutical supply chains process through to pre-shipment Industry Insights BY BARRY MCDONOGH programs and reporting 12 WHEN FOOD BRANDS MERGE, BY BARBARA LEVIN CONSUMER SAFETY MUST AND DAN BERNKOPF COME FIRST Mergers and acquisitions can Testing cause a difficult transition period for plant managers as they struggle 31 CRUSTACEAN RESIDUES to integrate two distinct food safety IN FOODSTUFFS Food Service & Retail programs An increasingly widespread issue in 46 BRIDGING INDUSTRY AND BY KATIE MOORE regards to food allergies, crustacean REGULATORY TO ENHANCE test methods must be very specific SAFETY and detect minute quantities of The cross-functional collaboration allergen in complex food matrices of educational programs will enable BY LILIAN KUSTER managers to properly respond to Around The World an illness outbreak or recall 14 FOOD SAFETY DOWN UNDER BY RANCE BAKER Australia’s food protection AND ELIZABETH LANDEEN system sets high standards for In The Lab accountability 33 PESTICIDES IN IMPORTED BY LINDA L. LEAKE, MS PRODUCE Rapid pesticide analysis for fruits Columns and vegetables by using gas and liquid chromatography coupled mass spectroscopy Departments BY JOE ANACLETO 8 FROM THE EDITOR OM A.C 37 IMPORTANCE OF CERTIFIED 9 NEws & NOTES LI REFERENCE MATERIALS 48 PRODUCT FOcus: - FOTO ENS V DIAGNOSTIC TESTING I Availability of CRMs for food Y N E RG testing procedures would ensure E 50 NEW PRODUCTS S consistent, reliable results and could © be used to establish sensitivity, 51 ADVERTISER DIRECTORY linearity, and specificity during the 51 EVENTS validation of microbiological quality Washington Report control methods 10 WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING: A TwO-EDGED, CUTTING-EDGE BY CARA N. 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