bioMérieux launches fast Listeria detection method

Published: 7-Nov-2012

VIDAS LPT is one of the most rapid and easy-to-use Listeria spp screening tests for food and environmental samples


bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, has launched a new, innovative food safety testing method, VIDAS UP Listeria (LPT).

This new solution utilises recombinant bacteriophage (phage) proteins, which offer best-in-class specificity and sensitivity for the targeted and rapid detection of Listeria species in food and environmental samples. VIDAS LPT complements the company’s VIDAS UP E. coli O157 (including H7) and VIDAS UP Salmonella, all based on phage technology.

VIDAS LPT is a new member of the VIDAS UP range that delivers rapid information to optimise the overall efficiency of food production

The new VIDAS LPT assay is one of the most rapid and easy-to-use Listeria spp screening tests for food and environmental samples. Based on phage protein technology, it is able to detect low contamination levels and provides an extremely simple enrichment protocol, which reduces laboratory hands-on time, and delivers next-day results as compared with up to five days required by reference methods.

VIDAS LPT has already been ISO 16140 certified by AFNOR for all human foods and production environment samples. AOAC-RI validation has been initiated.

“bioMérieux is committed to helping customers ensure food safety worldwide,” said Jean-Marc Durano, Corporate Vice President, Industrial Microbiology Unit. “VIDAS LPT is a new member of the VIDAS UP range that simplifies agri-food laboratories’ workflow, delivering rapid information to optimise the overall efficiency of food production.”

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