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Biotech / Medical : neog - Neogen's E.Coli Test adopted by Japan -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rich Genik who wrote (214)	8/3/1998 12:37:00 PM
From: Ariella	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 441

Excerpt: Celsis to launch disposable hygiene test pen By Clive Cookson, Science Editor, London Financial Times 8/3/98 Celsis International, the UK biotechnology company, will launch what it describes as the world's first disposable hygiene test at the beginning of next year. The pen-shaped device, which detects the presence of germs and food contamination on work surfaces, is being evaluated in collaboration with food manufacturers and retailers in the UK and US. Accurate hygiene monitoring equipment has so far been confined by its cost and complexity to larger food companies, but Celsis said the new test would make the benefits available "to the whole of the food supply chain, including farmers, the food production industry, restaurants, retailers and ultimately consumers". Although the price of the colour hygiene pen has not yet been fixed, Chris Evans, Celsis chairman, expects it to cost about œ1. Celsis announced the first details of its pen yesterday. It uses sophisticated chemical reagents to detect a molecule called ATP that is present in all living cells. The pen has been called Easicheck during development but is likely to have a different name when it reaches the market. The user takes a swab from the device, wipes the surface to be tested, puts the swab back in the pen, and pushes down the top to release the reagents. Any contamination will show up within a minute as a green colour in a bulb at the bottom - the darker it is, the more germs were present on the surface. Celsis said potential customers evaluating the test in the UK included Milk Marque, BurgerKing and Sainsbury. Trials in the US involve two food manufacturers, Kraft and Swift, and two restaurant chains, Food Life and Subway. The device will be marketed first to commercial users and later to hygiene-minded consumers for use in domestic kitchens... _____________________ Hi -- I used to own NEOG and came across this article today while researching another stock..... --Ariella