date:Feb 20, 2017
mercial laboratories for fast detection of foodborne pathogens in leafy vegetables.
The validation procedure was carried out following standards formulated and required by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Pharmacopoeia (EP) for the validation of new testing methods.
The validation confirmed that the new fast testing method can provide reliable results for E. coli presence/absence assessment in 4.5 hours and for L. monocytogenes in 8-9 hours. These Times to Result (TTR