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Food-Borne Illness
'Dipstick' test could reduce risk of food poisoning by rapidly detecting spoilage
April 10th, 2007
Chemists at the University of South Carolina are developing a consumer test kit that people can use to quickly and accurately determine if food products are spoiled or safe to eat. Described today at the 233rd national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the new diagnostic test, which researchers describe as a disposable “dipstick,” is capable of rapidly (less than 5 minutes) detecting the presence of chemicals formed by disease-causing bacteria. In preliminary studies, the test had a 90 percent accuracy rate, the researchers say. The test could help avoid illnesses and even deaths caused by food poisoning, which afflicts several million people each year in the...
Source: Life Science Weekly (2007-04-10)
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