Life Technologies spoilage organisms detection system for brewing and beverage

Life Technologies Corporation has announced the expansion of its food safety portfolio by partnering with PIKA Weihenstephan to provide molecular testing solutions for the detection of spoilage organisms in the brewing and beverage market.

Life Technologies claims it is the only supplier to provide both enrichment media and PCR kits designed to suit the changing needs and challenges in beverage quality and safety.

Combined with PIKA Weihenstephan’s Fast Orange Nutrient Broth, brewers will be able to conduct testing in one streamlined workflow solution. This will enable ‘at-line’ testing during processing, helping to prevent spoilage and identify potential sources of contamination.

Fast Orange Nutrient Broth contains an indicator that changes colour if growth of the target organisms occurs. It can be a stand-alone method, but in combination with PCR-based tests also from PIKA Weihenstephan that run on Life Technologies’ real-time PCR instrumentation, brewers have the flexibility to shorten the time to result by several days and increase the level of information obtained from the brewing process, the companies claim.