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iNduStrY productS
Torrey Pines New Chilling/Heating Dry Bath
Torrey Pines Scientific announces its EchoTherm® Model IC50,
Peltier driven, Chilling/Heating Dry Bath with exact sample
temperature control. The unit is supplied with a temperature probe
to insert directly into the sample or into the sample block. The probe
senses the sample temperature or sample block temperature directly
and sends that information to the unit to drive and control the
temperature exactly where set.
There also is a sensor in the heater plate for allowing the user to
set the plate temperature and use the probe to monitor the sample
temperature. The Model IC50 displays and controls temperature to
±0.1°C. It can freeze, chill or heat samples from -10.0°C to 110.0°C in
assay plates, centrifuge tubes of all sizes, vials, test tubes, and most any
other sample container. It is particularly well suited to the molecular
biology lab for doing hybridizations, sample prep for PCR, ligations,
enzyme reactions and deactivations and much more.
The Model IC50 has digital display and control of temperature to
0.1°C; count down timer in days, hours, minutes and seconds to 30
days; surface hot indicator lamp; data logger; and RS232 I/O port
to control the unit by computer or to record data. The compact unit

measures 6.5" (165 mm)
wide by 8.75" (222 mm)
deep by 3.5" (89 mm) tall. It
comes complete with 100watt chiller/heater module,
universal power supply, AC
line cord, and instructions.
A variety of over 30
standard sample blocks may
be ordered as accessories.
Special blocks can be made
for any container in as little
as 3 weeks.
The EchoTherm® Model IC50 is UL, CSA, and CE compliant.

3M New Generation Pathogen Tests for Listeria,
Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella Receive
New Validations

foods as well as in samples from the food processing environment,
excluding primary production samples.
"Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes are among the most
common pathogens responsible for foodborne illness outbreaks
throughout the world, so being able to offer rapid assays for these
pathogens that stand up to the rigor of AFNOR Certification criteria
is a key milestone for our customers," said Marie-Pierre Copin, 3M
Food Safety's European Regulatory Affairs Specialist.
The Official Methods of AnalysisSM program, is an internationally
recognized program for chemical, microbial and molecular biology
testing methods, consists of a multi-laboratory validation of the
method, and subsequent review by an expert panel. Complete reviews
of the studies conducted for these validations have been published
by the Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC International, online at
http://eoma.aoac.org.
"We are pleased to be able to bring extensively validated testing
solutions to the marketplace. As the food safety landscape changes
and regulatory requirements become more stringent, these
certifications reaffirm our products' high level of performance
and provides our customers with additional data to support
method implementation," said Lisa Monteroso, 3M Food Safety's
Regulatory Affairs.

3M Food Safety has announced its next generation 3M™ Molecular
Detection Assays for Listeria, Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella
have been certified by NF Validation from AFNOR Certification.
Earlier this year, all three assays were also designated by AOAC
International® as Official MethodsSM. These pathogen test kits were
introduced last year as part of the 3M™ Molecular Detection System
platform, award-winning technology that leverages the combination
of isothermal DNA amplification and bioluminescence detection. The
test kits are accurate, faster to get results easy-to-use and offer a cost
effective solution with high sensitivity and specificity.
The NF Validation certification process is comprised of two
phases, beginning with a method comparison study in which a single,
expert lab thoroughly tests the new technology's effectiveness versus
standard methods. Subsequent to that, an inter-laboratory study
occurs in which multiple laboratories compare the efficacy of both the
new test method and reference method under defined conditions of
reproducibility and repeatability.
The validation for the 3M Molecular Detection Assay 2 - Listeria
(Certificate reference number: 3M 01/14-05/16), 3M Molecular
Detection Assay 2 - Listeria monocytogenes (Certificate reference
number: 3M 01/15-09/16), and for the 3M Molecular Detection
Assay 2 - Salmonella (Certificate reference number: 3M 01/1611/16), certifies that the test kits are each equivalent to or better than
standard reference methods in detecting those pathogens in all human

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Torrey Pines Scientific, Inc.
+1 866.573.9104
Carlsbad, CA
www.torreypinesscientific.com

3M Food Safety
+1 888.364.3577
St. Paul, MN
3M.com/foodsafety/MDA2

http://www.torreypinesscientific.com http://eoma.aoac.org http://www.3M.com/foodsafety/MDA2

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