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Bio‑Rad Laboratories · Supplier
Real-time PCR for Salmonella, an AOAC method, 12 hours on raw meat.
Supply/purchaseIn-development
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Updated Nov 2, 2026
Food safety and quality control covers finding what should not be in a food, and proving what is. On Halo, the solutions cover PCR and molecular pathogen detection, reducing microbes in the product, culture media and rapid microbiology, and watching the line and the cold chain. Sign up to search the full network and post your specific need.
PCR and molecular pathogen detection
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Bio‑Rad Laboratories · Supplier
Listeria and L. monocytogenes by PCR, certified under AOAC in 2026.
Supply/purchaseIn-development
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Bio‑Rad Laboratories · Supplier
Salmonella PCR cut to two pipetting steps with an internal control built in.
Supply/purchaseIn-development
Reducing microbes in the product
David Ross
Ousia Labs · Supplier
Supercritical CO2 strips pathogens out of a liquid at the lowest workable temperature.
Supply/purchaseIn-development
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Simple Culinary Solutions, LLC · Startup
Scraped-surface pasteurization of cocoa liquor that leaves the flavor alone.
Sponsored researchIn-development
Allergen, fraud and mycotoxin testing
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Neogen · Supplier
Lateral flow for gluten, peanut, milk, egg, soy and four mycotoxins, in minutes.
Supply/purchaseIn-development
Ann Hammad
Centaur Science Incorporated · Supplier
Finds fungal contamination in grain before the mycotoxin is synthesized.
Co-developmentIn-development
Culture media and rapid microbiology
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Bio‑Rad Laboratories · Supplier
Chromogenic agar turning Salmonella magenta in 24 hours, motile or not.
Supply/purchaseIn-development
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Bio‑Rad Laboratories · Supplier
Listeria reads blue-green against white, so a plate can be scored by eye.
Supply/purchaseIn-development
Watching the line and the cold chain
Will Barrett
Ends a clean-in-place cycle when the line is clean, not when a timer says so.
Pilot/trialIn-development
Chris Payne
Netneural Inc · Startup
Modular IoT sensors built for cold-chain and food retail compliance records.
In-development
Modeling and reformulation
Christian Lübbert
amofor GmbH · Startup
Thermodynamic simulation forecasting how pH will move in a complex mixture.
LicensingIn-development
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Detection is most of the work on Halo, and two established suppliers account for most of that. Around them sit smaller entries attacking the problem earlier: taking microbes out of the product, watching a line while it runs, and predicting a reformulation before anyone makes it. On Halo it spans five groups, including PCR and molecular pathogen detection, reducing microbes in the product, and culture media and rapid microbiology.
Stage of development. Work on food safety and quality control on Halo comes mostly from companies. 37% of the solutions are in market. Co-development and sponsored research are the usual partnering routes, and about 40% of the solutions that state terms offer pilot engagements.
Three trends in food safety testing solutions on Halo
Two suppliers hold the detection shelf. Ten entries are kits and media from Bio-Rad and Neogen: real-time PCR for Salmonella, Listeria and STEC, chromogenic agars read by eye, isothermal amplification with bioluminescence, droplet digital PCR. Several carry an AOAC certification or a USDA FSIS selection. What separates them is time to result, which runs from 24 hours to 12 to next day.
Detection moving from presence to quantity. A quantitative Salmonella assay for poultry lets a processor show that an intervention lowered the load, and droplet digital PCR gives an absolute count off a partitioned sample. Presence and absence answers a regulator. A number answers a process, and the difference is what these two entries are selling.
Prevention arrives as chemistry and heat. Five entries work on the product before anyone tests it. Supercritical CO2 pulls pathogens out of a liquid at the lowest workable temperature, a scraped-surface exchanger pasteurizes cocoa liquor mildly enough to keep the flavor, an engineered yeast acidifies under control, and a protectant from Aspergillus extends the life of fresh meat. Each one keeps the product intact.
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1,793solutions listed
92%from startups and companies
37%in market
Frequently asked questions
What are food safety testing solutions?
Food safety and quality control covers finding what should not be in a food, and proving what is. It spans PCR and culture methods for Salmonella, Listeria and STEC, tests for allergens, species fraud and mycotoxins, the processes that reduce microbes in the product itself, the instruments watching a line and a cold chain, and the models that predict what a reformulation will do.
What are examples of food safety testing solutions?
Five examples of food safety testing solutions on Halo include:
- Real-time PCR for Salmonella, an AOAC method, 12 hours on raw meat. (Bio‑Rad Laboratories)
- Supercritical CO2 strips pathogens out of a liquid at the lowest workable temperature. (Ousia Labs)
- Lateral flow for gluten, peanut, milk, egg, soy and four mycotoxins, in minutes. (Neogen)
- Chromogenic agar turning Salmonella magenta in 24 hours, motile or not. (Bio‑Rad Laboratories)
- Ends a clean-in-place cycle when the line is clean, not when a timer says so. (4T2 Sensors)
What are the latest food safety testing innovations?
Over the past 90 days, researchers and innovators on Halo have added these food safety testing solutions:
- A cleanable imaging station that checks meat-in-gravy products beside the line and alerts when a batch falls out of spec. (University of California, Davis)
- At-line texture testing that flags finished particulate foods as in range, borderline or out of range in five minutes. (Valor Infrastructure Holdings, LLC)
Which companies and suppliers are developing food safety testing solutions?
There are 1,440 organizations with food safety testing solutions on Halo, 347 of them universities and research institutions. Among them are Bio‑Rad Laboratories, Ousia Labs, and Simple Culinary Solutions, LLC. Most offer co-development or sponsored research. Sign up to see every organization working in the area and to send them your specific need.
How do I find food safety testing research partners?
Browsing food safety testing solutions on Halo is free. Sign up to search the full network and save the ones you want. Post your specific need to get exact matches. Organizations reply directly on the platform.
What are R&D teams looking for in food safety testing solutions?
Over the past 12 months, R&D teams on Halo have posted these food safety testing solutions needs:
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