Prevenio can help you maximize the safety and efficacy for predictable operations with our full-service, private laboratory specializing in microbiology focused on both field and R&D testing. We offer complete testing solutions with quick turn-around times.
Full – Service Laboratory
Overseeing Prevenio Labs is Dr. Melissa Landrum, a PhD Microbiologist from the University of Georgia. Dr. Landrum obtained her M.S. and Ph.D. in Poultry Science with an emphasis in microbiology and poultry processing and completed her thesis in collaboration with the USDA. Dr. Landrum has authored 16 publications and has expertise in product validation, method development and USDA pathogen testing.
Bio Mapping
We work with customers to develop a custom plan to identify and eliminate hot spots within the facility. This service includes:
- Customized protocol and sampling plan
- On-site sample collection process
- Utilization of current USDA test methods
- Results review with recommendations for improvement
- Design and implement improvement plan
- Confirmation testing to validate improvements
Pathogen Testing
Choose from a range of testing applicable to poultry, beef, pork, seafood, and produce processors.
Food Products
- Aerobic plate count (APC)
- Aerobic psychrotrophic count
- Bacillus cereus
- Clostridium perfringens
- Clostridium botulinum
- Clostridium spore count
- Coliform plate count
- Campylobacter MLG 41.04
- Campylobacter enrichment method
- Campylobacter enumeration
- E. coli 0157:H7
- E. coli plate count
- Enterobacteriaceae plate count
- Lactobacillus plate count
- Salmonella MLG 4.10
- Salmonella Serological grouping
- Staphylococcus aureus
- E. coli MLG 5C.00
- Yeasts, Molds, and Mycotoxins
- Lactic Acid
- Listeria monocytogenes
- Yersinia enterocolitica
Water Samples
- Total coliform count
- Fecal coliform count
- Fecal Streptococcus plate count
- Heterotrophic count (aerobic)
- Pseudomonas count
Water & Material Testing
Analytical Test Methods
- Metals/Inorganics — Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
- Organics — Infrared Spectroscopy
- GC — Mass Spectroscopy
- Optical Microscopy
Product Validation
We work with you to validate the efficacy of antimicrobials on food and processing water. We can inoculate products with marker strain pathogens. This allows tracking of precise microbial reductions, knowing the level of inoculation and recovery.
- Customized protocols
- Inoculated food product with marker strains of select pathogens (e.g., Salmonella, Campylobacter)
- Simulated antimicrobial treatment process
- Detailed report documenting pathogen reductions