Case Studies

As probiotic consumption rates continue to grow, stakeholders are demanding more information about the quantity, quality, and identity of organisms in probiotic products. Increasingly, flow cytometry is being used to address manufacturers’ and consumers’ demands, and has shown promise in rapidly providing precise quantitative and qualitative probiotic information.

Salmonella depends on an effective food safety program supported by robust Salmonella detection methods. Our objective is to explore recovery of Salmonella from a background of probiotic cultures and demonstrate and validate as effective, sensitive method for detecting Salmonella in probiotic cultures to protect public health.

Microbiome analysis is a method that has revolutionized the analysis of microbial communities. This webinar is an interview with experts in the field who present and discuss industry and laboratory perspectives on using microbiomes as applied to probiotic products and clinical trial samples.

Food Genomics Column: In the world of regulatory and probiotic microbiology the “name” is critical.