A Low Cost Technology to Detect Food Borne Pathogens in Minutes

Greenwood Village, CO, September 30, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Beacon’s BrightSPOT™ Food Safety Test affords the ability to perform quantitative food borne pathogen detection without culturing and within minutes after sample collection — for what promises to be the fastest and most sensitive quantitative real-time solution available. Beacon’s BrightSPOT™ solutions are based on a series of proven, patented technologies. Beacon is developing BrightSPOT™ based Food Safety Test applications for multiple pathogen screening applications in all market segments of the food industry including; live protein, dairy, produce, bio-security, seafood, beverage and point of sale. Beacon Food Safety’s solutions deliver multiple benefits to food producers, processors and distributors and those in the retail food industry. These solutions include superior brand protection, process control and improved pathogen detection quality assurance, reduced liability, cost reduction, minimization of logistical issues, and greater freshness ultimately increasing consumer safety, satisfaction and confidence.

Beacon Food Safety, LLC is in collaborative dialogue with companies representing various sectors within the food industry to assess its innovative, proprietary technology at various facilities. Ongoing testing in specific food processing settings is necessary to adjust factors such as swabbing frequency, field packaging and operating personnel training. Vertical market, channel partner licensing programs are now available.

Beacon Food Safety, LLC is a subsidiary of Beacon Biotechnology, LLC, whose 'break through' BrightSPOT™ technology allows for real-time pathogen detection. Whether utilized in public health, military or research, it shows boundless potential to enable next generation rapid, instrument-free testing. Applications include diagnostic, drug discovery, bio-defense, and environmental testing and more. The BrightSPOT™ System can perform literally a hundred diagnostic tests on a single drop of blood or sample, via a single-use disposable device that provides multiplexed immunoassay or nucleic assay results in about 15 minutes.

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