About Us
Food Supply Security provides food producers and food safety testing labs with novel genomic-based accurate, rapid food food-borne pathogen testing methodologies to prevent unsafe food products from reaching the consumer.
Our Focus
Food Supply Security provides proprietary genetic assay testing technology that yields same shift results providing serovar specific quantitative results in 3 hours. We cover all food industry relevant serovars of Salmonella, E. Coli, Listeria and Campylobacter.
Our Products
GenoPATHX
- 96-well PCR-based food safety test that can serotype and quantify over 60 specific Salmonella serotypes in samples as well as other food borne bacteria including STEC E. coli (all 8 relevant serotypes), Listeria monocytogenes and Campylobacter jejuni & coli
- Does not require enrichment or culturing.
- Rapid test results in 3 hours allowing same-shift interventions when needed
- Capable of differentiating Salmonella vaccine serotypes from actual wild Salmonella pathogens
What the Poultry industry has to SAY
Elizabeth Krushinskie, DVM, PhD /Owner FSRM Consulting LLC
‘GenoPATHXhas several distinct advantages over the currently available commercial PCR test kits. One is that the Tuskegee researchers have developed unique PCR primer sets for over 60 different serotypes commonly found in poultry samples; two, because each serotype is identified and quantified in a unique test well on the PCR plate, and three, the cost per test is a fraction of the cost of other molecular techniques,
Currently, there are no other commercial test kits available that offer these benefits.’
What the testing lab industry has to SAY
Lisa D. Leier Food Safety Professional
‘This technology represents a breakthrough in Salmonella serotype identification and quantification. Historically, as a microbiologist we have been unable to tease out a complete grouping of serotypes due to several factors. The major limiting aspect is having to choose a single colony from a selective agar micro plate. There is extensive enrichment and transfer involved to isolate a target colony to take into further genetic sequencing.’
The ability to identify and quantify the target from a single sample is a game changer.
Another timely benefit supporting the technology is the push from the regulatory agency (USDA/FSIS) proposing regulations to have Salmonella presumptive-positive samples serotyped and reported. As USDA adopts risk-based approaches to pathogen or potential pathogens in food, the call for technology to address this challenging requirement will increase.’
What the pork industry has to SAY
Bill Winkelman, Former Executive Director US Pork Center of Excellence
‘The USDA FSIS has recently proposed Performance Standards for Salmonella in Raw Comminuted Pork and Intact or Non-Intact Pork Cuts. Should the pork performance standards become final, they would replace the Raw Pork Sampling Program placing new significant technical hurdles as well as costs for the industry pork industry.
GenoPATHX, would provide a significant cost savings related to this additional testing as well as provide quicker testing results that could reduce the costs related to recalls.’
