There is an increasing need for rapid test methods to certify the quality and safety of food
products. Current tests applied for the microbiological assessment of food products are …

It is a public health imperative to have safe food and water across the population. Foodborne
infections are one of the primary causes of sickness and mortality in both developed and …

Food safety is a global health concern. For the prevention and recognition of problems
related to health and safety, detection of foodborne pathogen is of utmost importance at all …

Diseases caused by food-borne pathogens constitute a major burden to consumers, food
business operators, and national governments. Bacterial and viral pathogens are the major …

Over the last fifty years, microbiologists have developed reliable culture-based techniques to
detect food borne pathogens. Although these are considered to be the “gold-standard,” they …

The detection and enumeration of microorganisms in food are an essential part of any
quality control or food safety plan. Traditional methods of detecting foodborne pathogenic …

Because of the complexities of food analysis, conventional microbiological methods must
use timeconsuming enrichment steps for culturing viable bacterial cells in foods. With rapid …

Molecular biological methods that use antibodies and nucleic acids to detect specific
foodborne bacterial pathogens were scarcely known a decade and a half ago. Few …

The global food demand is expected to increase in the coming years, along with challenges
around climate change and food security. Concomitantly, food safety risks, particularly those …

The number of commercially available kits and methods for rapid detection of foodborne
pathogens continues to increase at a considerable pace, and the diversity of methods and …