Applied Biosystems Salmonella Detection Kit Assists Efforts to Protect Food Supply

CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Applied Biosystems, part of Life Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:LIFE), today announced the certification of its TaqMan® Salmonella enterica Detection Kit for the identification of Salmonella in peanut butter through the new Emergency Response Validation program of the AOAC Research Institute, one of the world’s leading food industry standards organizations. Validation of the Applied Biosystems kit is part of an effort to effectively respond to the recent peanut butter contamination crisis, which resulted in the largest food recall in U.S. history. The TaqMan Salmonella enterica Detection Kit is a molecular-based tool for monitoring the safety of the food supply that could help avoid costly recalls of food products in the future.