Global confectionery giant Cadbury has stepped up its microbiological surveillance by adopting the Pathatrix pathogen testing system, according to its creator. Cadbury has adopted a raft of new technologies to test for potentially harmful food-borne bacteria over the past year, after salmonella contamination forced the company to carry out a £50m chocolate bar recall in 2006.
According to Matrix Microscience, the company that designed the technology, Cadbury chose Pathatrix because it allows food manufacturers to increase the number of food samples tested for pathogens in a shorter amount of time.
”The Pathatrix system provides Cadbury with a validated, science-based solution to the rigorous demands of a highly interdependent and time-critical supply chain,” said Jeff Banks, group director of food safety & quality for Cadbury Schweppes, in a statement. “The system integrates well with other technologies and provides a high quality and practical asset for our laboratories.”
The microbial detection system comprises a Pathatrix workstation and a ‘consumable’, or tube system.
Once set up, a food sample is then pumped around the tubes for a period of thirty minutes. During this time small magnetic particles, coated with antibodies specific to a target pathogen, pick up on the presence of any pathogens that may be present in the product.
Adrian Parton, chief executive of Matrix Microscience, told ConfectioneryNews.com that Cadbury chose the Pathatrix system because, unlike other competitors on the market, it allows manufacturers to test large samples of a food product at any one time…more..
February 3, 2008
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Global confectionery giant Cadbury has stepped up its microbiological surveillance by adopting the Pathatrix pathogen testing system, according to its creator. Cadbury has adopted a raft of new technologies to test for potentially harmful food-borne bacteria over the past year, after salmonella contamination forced the company to carry out a £50m chocolate bar recall in 2006.
According to Matrix Microscience, the company that designed the technology, Cadbury chose Pathatrix because it allows food manufacturers to increase the number of food samples tested for pathogens in a shorter amount of time.
”The Pathatrix system provides Cadbury with a validated, science-based solution to the rigorous demands of a highly interdependent and time-critical supply chain,” said Jeff Banks, group director of food safety & quality for Cadbury Schweppes, in a statement. “The system integrates well with other technologies and provides a high quality and practical asset for our laboratories.”
The microbial detection system comprises a Pathatrix workstation and a ‘consumable’, or tube system.
Once set up, a food sample is then pumped around the tubes for a period of thirty minutes. During this time small magnetic particles, coated with antibodies specific to a target pathogen, pick up on the presence of any pathogens that may be present in the product.
Adrian Parton, chief executive of Matrix Microscience, told ConfectioneryNews.com that Cadbury chose the Pathatrix system because, unlike other competitors on the market, it allows manufacturers to test large samples of a food product at any one time…more..
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