3M Molecular Detection System Receives AOAC-PTM Certfication

ST. PAUL, Minn. – 3M Food Safety has announced its new 3M Molecular Detection Assay - Salmonella has received AOAC-PTM Certification from the AOAC Research Institute’s Performance Tested Methods Program.

The 3M Molecular Detection System was first introduced in December 2011 as a combination of two technologies – isothermal DNA amplification and bioluminescence detection – that offers a reliable and rapid qualitative method of pathogen detection in enriched food, feed and food process environmental samples, 3M said. The AOAC-PTM certification validates 3M’s approach as equivalent to or better than standard FDA and USDA reference methods for the detection of Salmonella.

“This method validation is an important milestone, constituting the first of what we believe will be many confirmations of a robust and capable technology,” said DeAnn Benesh, regulatory affairs specialist with 3M Food Safety. “Evaluation of Salmonella, and other pathogens using this technology, continues to be very promising, underscoring how the 3M Molecular Detection System’s simple, streamlined method provides accurate results.”