Can you think of a worse scenario? Its Easter and you’re just about to chow down on your favourite chocolate product. Suddenly, you hear a news report on a wide-sweeping product recall of the very chocolate product in your hands. The reason? A potential salmonella contamination in the product! Now you face the dire decision […]
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So, what is it about Listeria that causes so many problems compared to other food poisoning bacteria? The worrying fact is that it is a hardy, cold loving microorganism that can multiply rapidly at refrigerated temperatures in most foods. With a growing market for Read to Eat (RTE) foods and the relentless push to extend […]
FMCG Industry Solutions have partnered with Micreos, a Dutch based company in the field of targeted antibacterial technology to offer PhageGuard Listex. It is a culture of bacteriophages (or phages for short) that effectively eliminates Listeria monocytogenes. Found naturally in the environment, phages offer an effective solution through its ability to eliminate many pathogenic bacteria. PhageGuard […]