Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120090410 | Method for aflatoxin screening of products - A method for screening a lot of product comprising multiple, individual bags or bins wherein a samples taken from each bag or bin are formed into a composite, which composite is tested for toxin or other contamination. If the test shows positive, the samples are then tested individually to determine which bag or bin is contaminated, thus permitting non-contaminated bags or bins to be released. | 04-19-2012 |
20120237967 | Method for Microbiological Testing - Costly enrichment medium used for microbiological testing of nuts and other moisture-absorbing food products is conserved by saturating the product with water or other inexpensive liquid prior to contacting the product with enrichment medium. | 09-20-2012 |
20130022718 | Method for Producing Hypoallergenic Peanut Products - A peanut food product with reduced levels of allergenic protein Ala h1 is produced by initiating the germination process in raw peanuts, holding the peanuts in moist conditions for a period of time, typically something like 48 hours, roasting the peanuts, and then performing an assay for Ala h1 to verify that a reduced level has been achieved. | 01-24-2013 |
20130260411 | Modular compositing screening protocols - Multiple samples are taken from multiple units of food product to be tested for pathogen or other microbes, with the samples being pooled for composite testing, individual testing being required only in the event that the pool indicates positive. | 10-03-2013 |
20140242679 | Method for Producing Hypoallergenic Peanut Products - A peanut food product with reduced levels of allergenic proteins such as Ala h1/h2/h3 is produced by initiating the germination process in raw peanuts, holding the peanuts in moist conditions to initiate germination and then treating with bromelain. | 08-28-2014 |
20140370517 | MODULAR COMPOSITING-MULTIPLE LOT SCREENING PROTOCOLS FOR DETECTION OF PATHOGENS, MICROBIAL CONTAMINANTS AND/OR CONSTITUENTS - Particular aspects provide a method of sampling, testing and validating test lots (e.g., single-unit production lots), comprising: assembling a plurality of product portions from each of a plurality of test lots and combining the collected product portions to provide a corresponding set of test lot samples (wherein each test lot sample is attributed to a particular corresponding test lot); enriching the set of test lot samples; removing equal portions of each enriched sample, and combining the removed portions to provide a modular composite sample; and testing of the modular composite sample for the target agent/organism, wherein where such testing is positive, individual test lots may nonetheless yet be validated by further testing of a respective enriched test lot sample and obtaining a negative test result. The methods have broad utility for monitoring all sorts of test lots (e.g., environmental lots, production lots, pharmaceutical lots, etc.) and for efficiently affecting informed, targeted remedial measures. | 12-18-2014 |
20150125853 | TREND ANALYSIS AND STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL USING MULTITARGETED SCREENING ASSAYS - Aspects of the present invention provide novel multi-targeted microbiological screening and monitoring methods having substantial utility for monitoring and control of microbial growth and contaminants, microbiological processes, predictive microbiology, and for exposure and risk assessment. Microbial markers shared by both target and index microbes are used in novel methods for microbial monitoring, monitoring of microbial performance potential, trend analysis, and statistical process control (SPC) in processes or systems that are receptive to a plurality of genetically distinct microbes. | 05-07-2015 |
20150218493 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYPOALLERGENIC PEANUT PRODUCTS - A peanut food product with reduced levels of allergenic proteins such as Ala h1/h2/h3 is produced by initiating the germination process in raw peanuts, holding the peanuts in moist conditions to initiate germination, and then treating with bromelain. | 08-06-2015 |