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Verotoxin-producing EHEC bacteria are a common cause of food-borne infections. Here’s what food producers should know about the risk associated with the pathogen and the methods of detection.

Doping was again a big topic during the Olympic Games. One of the prohibited substances is Clenbuterol – a drug also used for fattening livestock due to its anabolic effect. Drug residues remain [...]

Antibiotic residues in food have become a hot topic in recent years. There is widespread uncertainty: How dangerous are drug residues to consumers? And how can you be sure that your food is free [...]

Rapid screening by reverse transcriptase qPCR – analytic test kits available   The recent outbreaks of the avian influenza subtype H5N8 in three European countries had substantial [...]

Particularly innovative:  the first ANIMAL ID Multiplex real-time PCR test kit beef-sheep-goat   Multiplex real-time PCR test kit beef-sheep-goat- small and large ruminants in combination [...]

β-Agonists such as Clenbuterol, Salbutamol and Ractopamine shift energy intake from fat deposition to muscle formation. Therefore, β-Agonists can be used as growth promoters (‘finishers’) in [...]

Nitrofurans are synthetic broad-spectrum antibiotics, which are frequently used in animal production due to their excellent antibacterial and pharmacokinetic properties. They have also been used [...]