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News April 1, 2008 Food Industry Professionals Attend Award Reception Hosted by DuPont Qualicon More than 400 people associated with the food industry gathered recently at the 7th annual Food Quality Award presentation and reception hosted by DuPont Qualicon. The event, which was held during the Food Safety & Security Summit in Washington, D.C., gave attendees an opportunity to honor West Liberty Foods as the winner of the 2007 Food Quality Award, to hear insights from business and food safety experts, and to network with other industry professionals. » March 17, 2008 BAX® System 8-Hour Assay for Detecting Listeria Certified by AOAC-RI A new BAX® system assay from DuPont Qualicon that uses innovative RT-PCR technology for rapid Listeria detection has been certified as Performance Tested Method No. 030801 by the AOAC Research Institute (RI) of Gaithersburg, Md. » March 10, 2008 DuPont Qualicon to Host Food Quality Award Presentation and Reception DuPont Qualicon will host the 7th annual Food Quality Award presentation and reception on Tuesday, March 18, 2008, from 6:00 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. at the Keynote Theater in the Washington, D.C. Convention Center. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. » February 14, 2008 DuPont Qualicon and USDA Agricultural Research Service to Collaborate on New Test for E. coli O157:H7 DuPont Qualicon will collaborate with the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC) at Clay Center, Neb., on developing a new test for detecting E. coli O157:H7 in beef and trim. » January 15, 2008 BAX® System Real-Time PCR Assay for S. aureus Certified by AOAC-RI A BAX® system assay from DuPont Qualicon that uses real-time PCR to detect Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) has been certified as Performance Testedsm Method No. 120701 by the AOAC Research Institute in Gaithersburg, Md. » November 19, 2007 DuPont Qualicon Releases New BAX® System Eight-Hour Listeria Test DuPont Qualicon has released a new genetic-based test that allows food companies to detect Listeria on environmental surfaces in just eight hours. This new assay is the first commercial application of Reverse-Transcriptase PCR for bacterial testing in food and the latest addition to the award-winning suite of BAX® system products. » October 1, 2007 DuPont™ BAX® System to be Used in 2008 for Ensuring Beijing Food Safety The food safety monitoring authority in Beijing – Beijing Municipal Center for Food Safety Monitoring (BFSM) – will use the BAX® detection system from DuPont to conduct its food safety supervision tasks in 2008. » May 8, 2007 BAX® System Real-Time PCR Assay for Campylobacter Certified by AOAC-R A new BAX® system assay from DuPont Qualicon that uses real-time PCR to detect Campylobacter has been certified as Performance Testedsm Method No. 040702 by the AOAC Research Institute in Gaithersburg, MD. » April 17, 2007 DuPont Qualicon Releases New BAX® System Assay for Detecting Staphylococcus Aureus DuPont Qualicon has released a new test for detecting Staphylococcus aureus in powdered infant formula and ground beef. » March 27, 2007 Food Industry Professionals Attend Award Reception Hosted by DuPont Qualicon The 6th annual Food Quality Award presentation and reception at the Food Safety & Security Summit in Washington, D.C., gave attendees an opportunity to honor Hormel Foods Corporation as the winner of the 2006 Food Quality Award. » February 19, 2007 DuPont Qualicon Receives Frost & Sullivan Award for Excellence in Technology DuPont Qualicon has received the 2006 North American Excellence in Technology Award from Frost & Sullivan in the field of pathogen detection for the development of its DNA-based BAX® system » December 18, 2006 Health Canada validates new protocols for BAX® system detection of E. coli O157:H7 Health Canada, the federal agency that oversees food safety in Canada, has validated protocols for using the BAX® system from DuPont Qualicon to detect E. coli O157:H7 in fruits, vegetables, dairy, meat, animal feed, environmental samples and dry products. This recent approval supplements prior validation of the BAX® system for detecting the pathogen in ground beef and beef trim. » December 11, 2006 Siqun Wang, M.D., Ph.D. Named R&D Director for DuPont Qualicon DuPont Qualicon has recently named Siqun Wang, M.D., Ph.D., as global director of research and development. In this position, Wang is responsible for overseeing research, new product development and validation programs. » August 21, 2006 DuPont™ StatMedia™ Soluble Packets Provide Fast and Flexible Enrichment Preparation for Food Testing Labs DuPont Qualicon recently introduced DuPont™ StatMedia™ soluble packets, a new delivery system that makes preparing enrichment broth for the food testing industry fast, flexible and easy. » August 3, 2006 DuPont Qualicon Launches Real-Time PCR Assay DuPont Qualicon Launches Real-Time PCR Assay for Campylobacter DuPont Qualicon has released a new test for detecting Campylobacter in poultry that shortens PCR processing time and introduces quantified results by species. This new assay was designed specifically for the BAX® System Q7 instrument and takes advantage of powerful real-time PCR capabilities. » June 26, 2006 Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture to Use RiboPrinter® System The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture (MAPA) has purchased a DuPont Qualicon RiboPrinter® system to create a database of microorganisms that are identified by geographic region. » December 21, 2005 Food Industry Leaders Attend 5th Annual Food Quality Award Ceremony Key players from various parts of the food industry came together recently at the 2005 Food Quality Award ceremonies hosted by DuPont Qualicon. The event, held at the DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Del., gave attendees a unique opportunity to spend the day gaining practical information and sharing experiences about keeping our food supply safe. » December 12, 2005 Strategic Alliance Yields New DuPont Qualicon BAX® System Q7 DuPont Qualicon is pleased to introduce the BAX® System Q7, a giant leap forward in pathogen detection designed to revolutionize food safety and quality testing. This next-generation BAX® system is the result of a strategic alliance formed earlier this year between DuPont Qualicon and Applied Biosystems Group (NYSE: ABI), an Applera Corporation business. » November 16, 2005 DuPont Qualicon and HandyLab to Develop New Products for Faster Food Testing DuPont Qualicon and HandyLab, Inc. today announced that they have signed an agreement to jointly develop new products for food testing using microfluidics to shorten sample preparation time. » November 15, 2005 DuPont Helps United States Improve Food Safety Advanced molecular technology is helping the U.S. government protect consumers from foodborne bacteria that annually causes thousands of illnesses and sometimes death. » August 15, 2005 DuPont Qualicon and Applied Biosystems Sign Alliance Agreement for Advanced Food Testing Systems DuPont Qualicon today announced the signing of an agreement with Applied Biosystems Group (NYSE:ABI), an Applera Corporation business, by which the two businesses will jointly develop and market new BAX® system applications for the food industry. » August 1, 2005 New BAX® System Assay Helps Reduce Public Health Risk Associated with Campylobacter DuPont Qualicon has released a new BAX® system assay for poultry rinses that detects both Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli, the strains most frequently implicated in human illness. » June 15, 2005 DuPont Qualicon BAX® System Multiplex Assay for Detecting E. coli O157:H7 Receives AOAC-RI Certification Today DuPont Qualicon announced that it’s BAX® system multiplex assay for detecting E. coli O157:H7 in raw ground beef and beef trim has been certified as Performance Tested Method No. 050501 by the AOAC Research Institute of Gaithersburg, MD. » May 31, 2005 DuPont Chairman and CEO Statement on the International Association for Food Protection's Black Pearl Award Charles O. Holliday, Jr., DuPont chairman and CEO, issued the following statement regarding the International Association for Food Protection's selection of DuPont as the winner of the 2005 Black Pearl Award for corporate excellence in food safety: » March 15, 2005 DuPont Qualicon BAX® System for Detecting Listeria Receives AOAC-RI Certification Today DuPont Qualicon announced that it’s BAX® system for detecting Listeria has been certified as Performance Testedsm Method No. 030502 by the AOAC Research Institute of Gaithersburg, MD. » January 17, 2005 New Data Merging Option and Database Update Available for RiboPrinter® System from DuPont Qualicon The RiboPrinter® Data Merging Workstation is a new option available from DuPont Qualicon for advanced microbial tracking. Customers who use several RiboPrinter® systems in their labs can now combine records from each system into one integrated database for comprehensive comparison, grouping and identification of unknown bacteria. For regulated industries, a Data Merging Validation package of ready-made protocols is also available. » November 8, 2004 Representatives from Major U.S. Food Companies Attend Forum Hosted by DuPont Qualicon Representatives from some of the largest food companies headquartered in the United States, including Bar-S Foods, Kraft Foods, Maple Leaf Foods, National Beef Packing Company, and Sysco Corporation, attended the 2004 Food Quality Award ceremonies hosted by DuPont Qualicon. » July 7, 2004 DuPont Qualicon BAX® System Approved for Sale by Ministry of Agriculture in Brazil The BAX® system, a genetics-based screening method developed by DuPont Qualicon, has been approved for sale by the Ministry of Agriculture in Brazil to detect Salmonella, Listeria and L. monocytogenes in all food, environmental and carcass samples, and to detect E. coli O157:H7 in beef, poultry and pork. » March 3, 2004 DuPont Qualicon BAX® System for Detecting E.coli O157:H7 Certified as AOAC-RI Performance Tested Method The BAX® system, a genetics-based diagnostic tool developed by DuPont Qualicon, has been validated by the AOAC Research Institute as a Performance Tested method for detecting Escherichia coli O157:H7. » October 28, 2003 DuPont Qualicon BAX® System Approved By Health Canada The BAX® system, a genetics-based diagnostic tool from DuPont Qualicon, has been approved by Health Canada as an analytical method for detecting Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes and E. coli O157:H7 in a variety of food. » October 13, 2003 DuPont Qualicon BAX® System Adopted by USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service to Detect Salmonella in Raw Food Products The BAX® system, a genetics-based screening method developed by DuPont Qualicon, has been adopted by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to detect Salmonella in food plants that process raw meat and poultry. » September 16, 2003 DuPont Qualicon BAX® System Adopted as AOAC Official Method for Detecting Listeria monocytogenes The BAX® system, a genetics-based diagnostic tool from DuPont Qualicon, has been adopted by AOAC International as an Official MethodSM for detecting Listeria monocytogenes in food. » July 15, 2003 DuPont Qualicon BAX® System for Detecting Salmonella Adopted as AOAC Official Method The BAX® system, a genetics-based pathogen screening method developed by DuPont Qualicon, has received AOAC® Official MethodsSM status for Salmonella. »		Events
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