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Root Cause Analysis, A new era thanks to Genomics

Following EFSA scientific opinion publication on the “Persistence of microbiological hazards in food & feed production and processing environment”, we sat together with scientific experts from bioMérieux and Kersia to understand the implication of this publication on the daily work of the food industry and how we can assist you in going beyond this scientific opinion.

Environmental Monitoring Program E-learning – Interview of Jack Van Der Sanden

Mastering Food Safety: Unlocking the Power of Environmental Monitoring

Jack Van Der Sanden, renowned International Food Safety Advisor at bioMérieux, delves into the crucial realm of environmental monitoring and how it safeguards food production.

MOLECULAR MAPPING: the "weapon" recommended against microbial contaminations by Coca-Cola Hellenic

Molecular mapping, also known as metagenomics, is the solution advocated for by expert Dr. KalliopiChalkouin the “war” raging in the beverage industry against “microbial biofilms”. With her expertise in microbial biotechnology, as the Head of Quality, Safety, and Environment Governance at Coca Cola Hellenic, the expert spoke at the prestigious 2024 European Beverage Quality Conference. This advanced technology has been used in CCH since 2013, complementing the strategic quality plan, which led to an 80% reduction of quality incidents.

Webinar - Automated Food Pathogen Detection with VIDAS KUBE

How Is VIDAS® KUBE™ Transforming Food Pathogen Detection?

Watch the replay of the Webinar and Discover VIDAS® KUBE™, the latest evolution in immunoassay testing, designed to bring simplicity, efficiency, and reliability to your laboratory. This next-generation system builds on the trusted legacy of VIDAS, offering enhanced automation, improved workflow integration, and an intuitive user experience. In this session, our experts will guide you through: ✅ The key innovations of VIDAS KUBE ✅ How it simplifies day-to-day operations ✅ Real-world applications and benefits for your lab

Webinar - Molecular Innovation for Food Pathogen Testing

Molecular Innovations for Food Pathogen Testing

✅Discover the latest trends and innovations in Molecular Testing. ✅Learn about the potential cost savings and efficiency improvements that rapid results can bring ✅Learn the range of applications for this PCR real-time pathogen detection solution ✅Discover how this system can decrease cross-contamination risk 

TEMPO® An innovation in the Laboratory

TEMPO® An innovation in the Laboratory

Danish Crown, a global giant in the food industry, has been relying on bioMérieux for over 15 years to optimize its microbiological analyses.

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Transforming Dairy Lab Operations With TEMPO^® and Automated Quality Indicator Testing

Discover how Precision Biolabs implemented TEMPO®, bioMérieux's fully automated quality indicator enumeration solution, to unlock operational efficiences for high throughput of customer samples and simplify personnel training.

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Environmental Pathogen Monitoring: An Introduction Guide

In this white paper, let author Jack van der Sanden explain how a strict routine of plant health checks would detect anomalies more quickly and avoid many problems.

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Monitoring Hazards: Importance of a good Environmental Monitoring Program to « Seek and Destroy »

Following EFSA scientific opinion publication on the “Persistence of microbiological hazards in food & feed production and processing environment”, we sat together with scientific experts from bioMérieux and Kersia to understand the implication of this publication on the daily work of the food industry and how we can assist you in going beyond this scientific opinion.

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Eckes Granini - Dynamic risk assessment and actionable insights combine to optimize juice production processes and quality

Eckes-Granini, the leading supplier of fruit juices and beverages in Europe, is behind some of the best-known juice brands, such as Joker, Pago or Réa. In this video testimonial, we interviewed Antony Veloso, Operational Quality Manager for 20 years, and Ophélie Detet, Laboratory Manager for 15 years. They've trusted D-COUNT® for over 20 years and use it daily to prevent unwanted fermentation, ensure product quality, and make faster decisions to limit scrap and faster product release.

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.

I Have a positive! And What? Optimization of Decision-Making Process - From EDQC 2024

I Have a positive! And What? Optimization of Decision-Making Process - by Martin WIEDMANN at EDQC 2024.

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Scientific Summary. Evaluation of Methods for Identifying Poultry Wing Rinses With Salmonella.

Evaluation of Methods for Identifying Poultry Wing Rinses With Salmonella Concentrations Greater Than or Equal to 10 CFU/mL. According to recent JFP article “Evaluation of Methods for Identifying Poultry Wing Rinses With Salmonella Concentrations Greater Than or Equal to 10 CFU/mL”, GENE-UP QUANT SLM correctly identifies poultry rinses.

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When Data Science Meets Molecular Biology for Fast and Easy Pathogen Source Tracking for Food Industries

Fulfilling the need of a high resolution, fast and easy-to-perform pathogen source tracking solution for the food industry.

Addressing Spoilers in Juice, Concentrate, and Non-Alcoholic Beverage Production

Addressing Spoilers in Juice, Concentrate, and Non-Alcoholic Beverage Production

Watch the replay and learn more about: ✅ bioMérieux, xPRO and our Augmented Diagnostics approach ✅ Spoilers in Non-Alcoholic Beverages: What is it? Why? What is the problem? ✅ A Customer Testimonial about Alicyclobacillus risks and impacts in the beverages industry - BCN Research Laboratories Sebastien Manuel, bioMérieux , bioMérieux

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Augmented Diagnostics with Microbiome discovery for quality control in shelf-life stability in flavoured milk beverages

A dairy producer had issues with recurrent spoiler affecting shelf-life. Brand image being key to the company’s success, it is crucial to maintain product stability over its announced shelf-life. The flavoured milk packaged in glass bottles was changing colour, leading to product recall. Learn how bioMérieux helped them combat these challenges.

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The Beef Podcast Show: David Tomas & Dr. Vikrant Dutta: STEC Detection in Beef

In this episode of The Beef Podcast Show, David Tomas and Dr. Vikrant Dutta from bioMérieux explore how regulation, science, and industry challenges intersect in modern beef safety management. From regulation to industry challenges, they explain what PEC, STEC, and E.coli O157:H7 mean for the beef sector—and why it matters. Explore the future of export/import regulations, evolving risks, and the impact of diagnostics to rapidly identify samples containing Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC).

From Insight to Action

Cronobacter sakazakii is a pathogen of increasing importance to customers in Infant Formula products and ingredients because of the health risks it poses for infants. It is a challenging issue that is difficult to manage. C. sakazakii contamination can come from raw materials, the environment, or even found in the process itself.

Salmonella Infection, Prevention, and Control

Salmonella bacteria can cause severe foodborne illness. Learn more about Salmonella infection, prevention, and control in the food industry.

You need to know how to tackle emerging risks in plant based and better drive your process

You need to know how to tackle emerging risks in plant based and better drive your process from EDQC 2024 by Marjon WELLS BENNIK

Why and how Quality has to shift and run at the pace of Innovation? From EDQC 2024

Why and how Quality has to shift and run at the pace of Innovation? From EDQC 2024 by Patrick HUSMANN

You're not blind anymore: The new era for cleaning & sanitation - From EDQC 2024

You're not blind anymore - The new era for cleaning & sanitation. Conference by Magali LE DIODIC at EDQC 2024.

Importance of quality for the consumers, the cost of non quality on the brand - EDQC 2024

This live conference has taken place in Paris, France on November 14th, 2024 It was the chance to share knowledge and network with thought leaders, experts and professionals from across Europe and beyond.

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The Poultry Podcast Show with Dr. Hannes Pouseele: Data Science & Food Safety

In this episode of The Poultry Podcast Show, Dr. Hannes Pouseele from bioMérieux shares groundbreaking strategies for improving food safety and quality through bioinformatics and data science. Focusing on the poultry industry, he highlights practical applications, the concept of digital twins, and comprehensive approaches to managing supply chains. Discover the tools that are revolutionizing poultry health and production.

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Augmented Diagnostics with GENE-UP^®TYPER for faster root cause analysis of Listeria monocytogenes in raw meat 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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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

Salmonella risk management and optimization in Chocolate-Confectionery production

Salmonella risk management and optimization in Chocolate-Confectionery production.

Salmonella is the key contaminant of concern in chocolate raw material, ingredients and finished products. For this customer, testing for the absence of this pathogen in raw materials is crucial for their release into processing.

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Nature’s Way Adopts Innovative Solutions To Optimize Dietary Supplement Quality Control

Nature’s Way, a leading manufacturer of dietary supplements, adopted the TEMPO® automated enumeration solution and GENE-UP® NUTRAPLEX™ PRO multiplex PCR assay in their quality control laboratories. Learn how this helped them combat the challenges of traditional microbial testing methods and reduce their cost per sample by ~40%.

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Exploring Environmental Monitoring: Unveiling Its Benefits

In the intricate landscape of food manufacturing and production, ensuring product safety and quality is paramount. The implementation of a robust and comprehensive environmental monitoring program is essential for achieving these objectives, safeguarding both consumers and the reputation of food factories.

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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.

Webinar - Trusting Alternatives: Unveiling ISO 16140-2 for Reliable Method Validation

New ISO 7218:2024: Essential Changes and Expert Insights for Food Microbiology Labs

✅ David TOMAS (Associate Director Scientific Affairs, bioMérieux) and Catherine PELLETIER (Manager Expertise & Innovation, Mérieux NutriSciences) ✅ Join us for an exclusive webinar on the newly published ISO 7218:2024, Microbiology of the Food Chain — General Requirements and Guidance for Microbiological Examinations. This updated standard introduces new concepts, requirements, and guidance essential for microbiological analysis. It's a critical tool for ISO 17025 accredited laboratories and for implementing good laboratory practices, with multiple references to other relevant ISO standards.

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Optimizing Juice Production Processes & Quality With Dynamic Risk Assessment

Eckes-Granini has trusted D-COUNT® for over 20 years and use it daily to conduct microbiological controls at several critical points. Their quality manager and laboratory manager speak to the value of this strategic partnership in a downloadable interview.

Beauval Zoo Success Story

Beauval Zoo houses one of the largest animal populations in Europe. The Veterinarian team, managed by Dr Baptiste MULOT, is in charge of routine animal health and fertility management at the zoo. BioMérieux was contacted by Beauval to help with their growing demand for diagnostics in fertility management.

Guittard Chocolate Heavily Reduces False Positives With GENE-UP®

Maintaining the safety of their products is the utmost priority for food product manufacturers. This not only ensures that customers can trust their brand, but consistent testing also improves public health. With products and a brand that are reliable, a company remains competitive and financially stable.

Save & Close Danone Nutricia Improves Pathogen Detection With bioMérieux Solutions

Danone Nutricia Improves Pathogen Detection With bioMérieux Solutions

At Nutricia, maintaining a high standard in microbiology is not a challenge but a culture, and bioMérieux is proud to be fully part of this journey to better protect consumers.

Häagen-Dazs Reduce Result Times Thanks to TEMPO^®

Häagen-Dazs is a leading ice-cream and sorbet manufacturer in the US. In order to maintain Häagen-Dazs’s goal of upholding stringent regulatory standards, the Microbiology Laboratory Manager, Sophie Cornu, opted for TEMPO® from bioMérieux.

Partnership Between Simmental-Switzerland AG & bioMérieux

Simmental Switzerland AG produces authentic Swiss cheese at the foot of the Niesen mountain peak. Simmental sources their milk from 1,800 family businesses in the surrounding area. The company places an emphasis on innovation—not just within their final products, but also throughout the production process. Read below and watch the corresponding videos to learn more about Simmental’s ways of working in exclusive interviews Ernst Arn, CEO.

Partnership Between Isigny Sainte-Mère & bioMérieux

Isigny Sainte-Mère is an independent dairy cooperative located in Normandy (France) whose origins date back to 1909. The rich pastures of this exceptional terroir are the source of prestigious and luxuriant grazing, a truly great source of butter and cream.

Partnership Between TEREOS and bioMérieux

To ensure the safety of their Maltodextrin and dried glucose syrups, Tereos has heavily invested in both production facilities and a cutting edge, on-site lab featuring several microbiology testing solutions by bioMérieux.

Partnership Between Lactalis & bioMérieux

The Lactalis Group is a leading worldwide dairy company founded in 1933. They have been faithful to their commitment to dairy processing for three generations while continuing to develop and grow their three major brands, President, Galbani, and Parmalat.

Alsace-Lait Cooperative Chooses D-COUNT^®

Alsace-Lait Cooperative is the only independent dairy cooperative in Eastern France. Deeply attached to its regional roots, it is present in 170 Alsatian villages, with nearly 250 producers who supply the cooperative on a daily basis.

Häagen Dazs Improve Enterobacteriaceae Testing

In order to improve the laboratory workflow of their products, Häagen-Dazs, one of the world’s leading ice-cream manufacturers, was looking for a solution to optimize Enterobacteriaceae testing and decision-taking in ice cream production.Traditional analysis methods used by Häagen Dazs were creating time lags, leading to spoilages and financial losses. Häagen Dazs chose bioMérieux’s system CHEMUNEX®, a Enterobacteriaceae testing system.

Noosa Yogurt - Improving Operational Efficiency

Founded in 2010, noosa Yoghurt is based in Bellvue, Colorado. The company started with a creamy yoghurt recipe from Australia and the passion to make the finest yoghurt with all-natural ingredients - from the freshest milk to the best honey and fruit purees.

Accelerated Analytical Speeds Up Client Analysis With GENE-UP^®

Ensuring food is free of contaminants is vital for manufacturers. Contaminated or sub-standard products released to the market can harm customers and do severe financial and reputational damage to the producer. To combat this issue, US-based testing laboratory Accelerated Analytical helps producers analyse food produce for common pathogens on a contract basis.

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Young's Seafood Accelerates Food Testing With VIDAS^®

Food and beverage companies require fast, accurate and certified testing solutions to optimize production and ensure food products are safe for their customers. Youngs Seafood Limited is the largest specialist seafood brand in the UK and imports a high volume of raw food materials that require rapid and rigorous safety tests.

BCN Research Laboratories Improves Pathogen Detection With GENE-UP^®

The food and beverage industry has a heavy focus on releasing high-quality products that are safe for consumers. This ensures that not only is public health positively affected, but also that a company remains competitive and financially stable. With the same goal in mind, BCN Research Laboratories has been proving food, beverage and water pathogen testing services since 1988 to the food and beverage processing industry.

Blount Fine Foods Improves Quality Assurance With VIDAS^® Platform

As a market-leading producer of soups and prepared-foods, Blount Fine Foods processes a wide range of products and materials that require daily quality assurance. In order to ensure faster and more efficient product release, Blount Fine Foods required a solution to streamline routine quality testing of wholesale ready-to-eat food products as well as both frozen and fresh soups.

BODYARMOR Prevents Spoilage Through Predictive Diagnostics

Early detection of bad actors in a sea of otherwise innocuous cast of microbes proactively prevents problems (as opposed to merely reacting to them) and allows BODYARMOR to take actions that can protect flavor, prevent false-positives, and save product.

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Data Confidence : The Key to Success - Analytical Resource Labs (ARL)

Analytical Resource Labs (ARL) is a leading partner in analytical laboratory services explaining why they moved for GENE-UP NUTRAPLEX PRO for select pathogens with Multiplex PCR testing.

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Which QC strains to use for minimizing risk of false positives due to cross-contamination in a lab?

The use of traceable culture collection strains, including pathogenic ones, is necessary in food as well as water and environmental laboratories for various applications, including: • Daily or regular Quality Control (QC) of methods, mandatory for accredited labs • Performance testing of culture media and reagents • Verification and in-house validation of methods (e.g., according to ISO 16140-3) However, the use of (pathogenic) strains, which often require culture and inoc ulum preparations, can lead to cross-contamination of routine samples.

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Control the Risk of Cross-contamination in Food Microbiology Laboratories

BIOBALL® LUMINATE 2.0 brings precision, accuracy and innovation to food industrials to ensure microorganism quality control in their products. Bacteria, along with fungi and virus, are the top 1 enemy of food industrials. When they contaminate food products, consequences can be catastrophic for both consumers and industrials. Even if regulations are increasingly strict, food safety scandals regularly break the news, thus reducing the confidence of consumers in food products found on supermarket shelves.

Environmental Monitoring Program

Insights from Jack Van der Sanders, International Food Safety Leader concerning Environmental Monitoring Program.

4th European Dairy Quality Conference

Replay the 3 sessions animated and attended by thought leaders, experts and professionals from across Europe to share best practices and discuss the future of the dairy industry in a highly competitive market.

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BIOBALL® Standardized Strains for Food Microbiology Lab Quality Control

BIOBALL® can help take control of your microbiological quality control by delivering unprecented accuracy and precision, batch after batch.

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Predicting is the New Preventing

"If you have good testing at the end, nothing goes out to the market that will be wrong, but if your prevention fails and you detect it, then it goes into waste, and won’t enter the market. Our promise is always to work on prevention. We don't want waste in our plants, but we have a very robust sampling plan and a lot of methods that we use to test different parameters or attributes of the food that we release."

Quantification as a Tool

"One of the components of this partnership with bioMérieux is the access to the services of the Predictive Diagnostics Innovation Center. The idea is that we can go to the planning, do this mapping, see the numbers, isolate the pathogens, and then the next stage is is sequencing and fingerprinting and finding the source to see the behavior of those organisms in the system."

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Nutraceuticals

"We've delivered numerous solutions that have been successful for some of the most nagging and quality-impacting problems that our customers have and have not been able to have a solution for in the past. So let us help you. Let us understand what those problems are. We want to learn from you, and together we want to build a solution for those problems."

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Improving Facility Efficiency

"For us to be able to come to bioMérieux saying we have an issue, help us solve this issue and they're more than willing to, which is great. And it's what you need in the industry, is companies and suppliers working together. So you can come to what you both really want in the end and can provide for other companies as well."

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Changing the Game of Third-Party Testing Labs

"Working with bioMérieux has been really fun, because we've just been so excited about the results. We're so happy to see that this system is working well through all of these matrices and that it will be that quick turnaround time for our partners, our clients."

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2. An Ever-Evolving Company is a Successful Company

Simmental makes sure to keep up with market trends, while ensuring they put farmers first. This includes addressing the growing demand for plant-based products by only using cows with the beta casein A2 inside.

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1. Ernst Arn (CEO) Introduces Simmental’s Biggest Challenge

On any given day, Simmental receives milk from many different regions: from mountainous, snowy terrains to tranquil fields where cows graze. The biggest challenge is creating consistent and cohesive products out of these varying types of milk.

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3. Rapid Diagnostics Help Save Time and Protect Consumers

Simmental utilizes an in-house laboratory that relies on simple tools with high flexibility and rapid turnaround capabilities. With everything in-house, results are swiftly analyzed and valuable time is saved.

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Birrificio Del Ducato Brewing

Birrificio Del Ducato Brewing - Testimonial

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4. The Importance of Predicting & Preventing Problems Before They Occur

As a premium supplier to the biggest retail chains in Europe, Simmental needs to maintain an extremely high-quality production process. Eliminating manual data collection processes has helped Simmental streamline workflows and prevent contamination.

Alicyclobacillus - Spoilage in the Beverage Industry

In this video, Robert Butler (Food marketing manager - northern Europe) explains why the analysis for Alicyclobacillus is key for fruit concentrates and sweetener producers.

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The Importance of Quality Control in a Brewery

The Importance of Quality Control in a Brewery - Testimonials

A Game-Changing Predictive Approach for Alicyclobacillus and Guaiacol Producer Results

In this video, Benjamin Pascal explains how to get next-day Alicyclobacillus and guaiacol producer results thanks to one of our latest innovation: GENE-UP® PRO ACB.

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4. Unlock In-Hand Data, Generate More to Better Predict

Dairy products are complex to manufacture. In order to achieve optimal levels of control, numerous components are required. It’s important to generate data in high quantities at a maximum level of frequency, with the analysis carried out by system and data experts to allow us to master the process. In parallel, as we already have a decent amount of data we can get started.

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3. Accelerate Decision Making

Data is generated everywhere and at any time. This perpetual cycle raises the question of getting the best out of data to better share information, to create paperless workflows and capitalize on visual representations, all of which are a good place to start when thinking in terms of trends, helping to accelerate decision making.

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4 - Confidence From Results You Can Trust

bioMérieux’s solutions help save money by being simple, easy, and accurate, reducing time-to-result and cost of additional testing.

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2. Maintaining People’s Know How

If we are to ensure food safety & quality without testing finished products, then the skills and knowledge of people need to be placed at the heart of the discussion to get as close as possible to process control.

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3 - From Off-Site to Hands-On - Audrey Dufrenne - Lab Manager

Hear how Tereos is now able to take a streamlined hands-on approach to product testing.

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1. Sampling is Key Whilst Prevention Owns the Value

To decide on the release of a product, numerous parameters are considered when it comes to sampling: representability, size of the sample, the shortness of the time to result, with the possibility of constantly optimizing and improving.

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2 - Evolve the Quality Control in Your Facility - Vincent Jazeron - Production Manager

Watch Vincent discuss how these solutions have allowed Tereos to better assess product safety and make faster process decisions.

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2. Quality at the Heart of Dairy - Gérald Andriot

Isigny Sainte-Mère is an independent dairy cooperative located in Normandy (France) whose origins date back to 1909. The rich pastures of this exceptional terroir are the source of prestigious and luxuriant grazing, a truly great source of butter and cream.

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3. World is Changing: Be Reactive & Reliable - Florence Hery

In a fast-changing world, having fast & reliable results is key when it comes to the quality of infant formula. The hard work invested by both companies, allowed the time-to-result to be reduced from 96 hours, to 20 hours.

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1. Vision of bioMérieux Relationship - Daniel Delahaye

Discover how common values (active listening, expertise, quality) forge the partnership between both companies.

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Contract Brewing

Denise Morin (QA/QC Manager, Beau’s Brewing) discusses contract brewing and the uncertainty that comes with transporting beer from their facility to another. VERIFLOW® helps give them peace of mind during this process by allowing them to check beer quality both before and after transport.

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1 - Guarantee Food Safety On-Site - Gilles Lazar - Plant Director

Hear from Plant Director, Gilles LAZAR, on how these solutions help Tereos achieve ‘five-star plus’ quality assurance.

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4. From Partnership to Innovation… and Towards a Predictive Approach

Saving time as well as unlocking value from data are benefits of moving towards a preventive strategy rather than a corrective one: this is the next step according to Gérald Andriot, COO at Isigny Sainte-Mère. bioMérieux's goal is to bring the right answer through Predictive Diagnostics.

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Releasing Fast With Confidence

Rob Conover (Quality Manager, Kettlehouse Brewing Company), Taylor Simkins (Quality Control Manager, Anderson Valley Brewing Company), and Lauren Appleman (Lab Manager, Cape May Brewery) discuss the shortcomings of traditional micro methods and how the quick workflow and real-time aspect of the VERIFLOW® suite eases and reduces the lab process.

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Barrel Aged Beers

GENE-UP® BREW for real-time beer spoilers detection provides you actionable results for overall quality improvement. Combining key elements of our VERIFLOW® DNA signature capturing technology with our powerful multiplex RT-PCR plateform, GENE-UP® BREW offers a superior identification of known beer spoilers.

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Beer Quality Testing Made Easy

Beer Quality Testing Made Easy - Testimonials

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Russian River Brewing

Russian River Brewing - Testimonial

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Making the Case to Upgrade Your Beer Quality Testing

Rob Conover (Quality Manager, Kettlehouse Brewing Company), Denise Morin (QA/QC Manager, Beau’s Brewing), and Antonio Greco (Microbiology Director, Breckenridge Brewery) discuss upgrading to the BREWPRO™ system and the big advantage it provides by combining several necessary tests into one, saving precious lab time.

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Beer Quality You Can Count On

Lauren Appleman (Lab Manager, Cape May Brewery), Rick Blankemeier (Quality Assurance Manager, Belching Beaver Brewing), and Rob Conover (Quality Manager, Kettlehouse Brewing Company) discuss how they use VERIFLOW® to help improve processes to consistently make higher quality beer for consumers.

THE PROMISING ERA OF MICROBIOME - Tim Stubbs

The Promising Era of Microbiome

Tim Stubbs (VP Product Research and Food Safety at Dairy Management Inc) shares his insights on the promising era of building the future of food safety

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Coca-Cola Andrina Testimonial

See this testimonial from Coca-Cola Argentina about how and why they chose to use bioMérieux's CHEMUNEX® D-COUNT.

Preserve the value of your wine

Rapidly detect common wine spoilers before bottling in both red and white wines with VERIFLOW® BOTTLESAFE™. The VERIFLOW® BOTTLESAFE™ pre-bottling quality tools validate filtration and ensure your carefully crafted wines are free of common spoilage bacteria and yeast, protecting your vintage bottles and your brand.

5th European Dairy Quality Conference - EDQC - 2022

Join thought leaders, experts and professionals from across Europe to share best practices and discuss the future of the dairy industry in a highly competitive market. You will have the opportunity to discover the latest insights and advances developed to protect your brands and the health of the people that consume dairy products as well as the optimization of processes within your company. Dare to dairy? Welcome and join us !

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The perspective of Eric Timmermans, expert in food safety and quality

Eric Timmermans is an international expert in food safety and quality. His vision is rich in advice for industries, reflecting over 30 years of work in the sector, particularly in a long career at Friesland Campina, a Dutch dairy cooperative operating globally.

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The Perspective of Hervé Gomichon, Expert in Food Safety and Quality with Private Label Experience

Hervé Gomichon is an international expert in food safety, quality, and sustainability. His career includes 20 years at Carrefour, where he was « in charge of food safety, quality and sustainability » and « mainly in charge of private label development, stores hygiene and food safety for the global level »

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Changing from detection and reaction to prediction and prevention

BioMérieux is the world's leading provider of microbiological laboratory diagnostics solutions for the food and pharmaceutical industries. The French family-owned company has been developing and distributing sales for more than 60 years of microbiological test systems and associated software solutions. With its Augmented Diagnostic Ecosystem, bioMérieux is also doing pioneering work in this area.

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Part 1 - Beer Spoilers

From a human safety aspect, historically beer was always considered a safe drink (compared to water) in that pathogens were not found in beer. This is in part thanks not only because the wort is boiled in the kettle but also due to the level of alcohol, hop resins and a low pH. That said, certain microbial contaminants, the so called “beer spoilers” can propagate in beer and be responsible for off-flavours, acids and non-desirable aromas as well as hazy beers.

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Part 3 - Beer Spoilers

All breweries, as part of their microbial plan, aspire to curb the number of opportunities that beer spoilers, essentially bacteria or yeast, have to enter their establishments. As part of a brewery’s Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) plan, the brewer needs to identify the different sources of contamination in his/her establishment and try to prevent access of the microbes.

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Part 5 - Beer Spoilage Detection

My needs concerning a beer spoiler detection set-up are identified. What technological choices do I have for my laboratory?

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Food-Borne Virus Burden and Implication for the Food Industry

Human enteric viruses are the number one cause of food-borne outbreaks worldwide. Whether you are a producer, an importer, an exporter, a processor, a retailer, a wholesaler, taking into account the viral risk is crucial to protect consumers. Unlike most bacteria, food-borne viruses do not change the flavor nor the aspect of the food products; moreover, they are hard to get rid of with the usual agro-industrial processes.

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New Listeria Species Detection Methods

The genus Listeria has considerably expanded since 2009 to now include 27 species with diverse phenotypic and genotypic characteristics.

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Part 6 - PCR Detection of Beer Spoilage Explained

All beer spoiler microorganisms possess DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) which contains the genetic instructions for the development and function of living things. While in animals, plants and yeasts the DNA is contained in the cell nucleus, in bacteria the DNA is present in their cytoplasm (the material within a cell, enclosed by the cell membrane).

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Part 7 - Detection of Lactobacillus, Diastaticus, Pediococcus, Pectinatus, Megasphaera

Your craft brewery is up and running, and demand is starting to grow. How do you ensure the product you are selling remains consistent in taste and quality as production increases? In addition to the physico-chemical parameters that you will be probably already monitoring in your quality control laboratory, setting up a brewery microbiology quality control capability in your laboratory is critical in answering these questions.