Vidas UP Salmonella from Biomerieux is a food safety testing method that offers high specificity and sensitivity for capture and detection of Salmonella bacteria in food and environmental samples.
The method utilises recombinant bacteriophage (phage) proteins.
The technology is said to complement the company's Vidas E.
Coli O157 (including H7) phage technology for the detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7.
Jean-Marc Durano, corporate vice-president - industrial microbiology at Biomerieux, said Vidas SPT helps simplify agri-food laboratories' workflow and deliver rapid information to maximise the efficiency of food production.
The Vidas SPT assay, which utilises phage protein technology, is able to detect low levels of contamination by Salmonella.
Biomerieux claims it is one of the most rapid and easy-to-use diagnostic tools available for the screening of Salmonella in environmental samples, standard and large-size food samples.
The technology provides simple, one-step sample preparation, reducing laboratory hands-on time and delivering results in as few as 19 hours.
Phages are extremely host specific, meaning they can offer high specificity and sensitivity for the targeted capture, detection and differentiation of bacteria from a given sample.