3M Food Safety announced today that its 3M™ Molecular Detection Assay 2
– Listeria monocytogenes has been approved by the AOAC® Performance
Tested MethodsSM program (Certification 081501).
The approval certifies that the next generation test kit is now
equivalent or better than standard reference methods.
Achieving AOAC PTM status required a rigorous, independent laboratory
examination of 3M’s unique molecular test method’s ability to accurately
detect Listeria monocytogenes within a variety of foods. Food
samples analyzed during the validation study included beef hot dogs,
queso fresco cheese, vanilla ice cream, 4 percent milk fat cottage
cheese, 3 percent chocolate whole milk, romaine lettuce, bagged raw
spinach, cold smoked salmon, deli turkey, raw chicken, cantaloupe, and
various environmental surfaces (plastic, stainless steel, concrete).
“Third-party validations enable customers to meet internal and/or
external requirements, and also provide them with added confidence in
their testing,” said John David, global marketing supervisor with 3M
Food Safety. “We know our customers relied on having the original 3M
Molecular Detection Assays validated, so pursuing validations such as
AOAC PTM for the next generation tests was always in our plan.”
Developed in response to customer engagement and ongoing desire to work
with food processors to protect the world’s food supply, the latest Listeria
monocytogenes assay is one of two test kits that were expanded on
the innovative 3M™ Molecular Detection System platform. The 3M Molecular
Detection System is based on unique isothermal DNA amplification and
bioluminescence detection technologies and designed around food
processors’ needs for a real-time pathogen detection approach that’s
faster and simpler while also more accurate. The new test now provides a
faster time-to-result – as little as 24 hours of enrichment – and
features a streamlined workflow that is 30 percent faster than first
generation assay.
For more information, visit www.3M.com/3MMolecularDetectionSystem/LMONOAOACPTM
AOAC RI, based in Gaithersburg, MD, is a subsidiary of AOAC
International, a globally recognized, independent, not-for-profit
association founded in 1884. AOAC serves communities of the analytical
sciences by providing the tools and processes necessary to develop
voluntary consensus standards or technical standards through stakeholder
consensus and working groups in which the fit-for-purpose and method
performance criteria are established and fully documented. AOAC provides
a science-based solution and its Official Methods of AnalysisSM
gives defensibility, credibility and confidence in decision-making. AOAC
Official Methods are accepted and recognized worldwide.
3M Food Safety is a leader of innovative solutions that help the
food and beverage industries optimize the quality and safety of their
products to enable consumer protection. At every step, 3M Food Safety
provides solutions that help mitigate risk, improve operational
efficiencies and impact the bottom line. For more information, visit www.3M.com/FoodSafety
or follow @3M_FoodSafety
on Twitter.
About 3M
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