QIAGEN Automated Workflow Receives AOAC Validation

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - QIAGEN's mericon Salmonella spp. kit with the QIAsymphony RGQ automation platform has received AOAC validation for detection of Salmonella in food samples, the company announced. 

The mericon kit provides all necessary reagents for detection of Salmonella subspecies (or spp.) and runs on the QIAsymphony RGQ modular system, which automates entire workflows from food sample to the final result, the company said. The AOAC Research Institute validated the mericon kit on QIAsymphony RGQ, as well as manual use, for low- and high-throughput testing of eight different food sample types. 

"Achieving this validation of our QIAsymphony RGQ automated workflow in finding Salmonella, the most significant market opportunity in safeguarding food safety, adds further momentum to the dissemination of our instruments and test kits in the applied testing market," said Dr. Dietrich Hauffe, senior vice preisdent, life sciences, QIAGEN. "As a result of this key certification, food industry labs can now process more samples and improve efficiency by automating their Salmonella workflow using our mericon Salmonella spp. kit with QIAsymphony RGQ. This certification marks an important milestone, as further key assays in our broad food testing assay portfolio are targeting certification and a growing number of labs are adopting the QIAsymphony RGQ platform."

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