PathoTrak provides rapid pathogen detection systems for food safety testing in fresh produce, beef, poultry, and environmental swabs.

PathoTrak

Pathotrak is revolutionizing food safety by reducing the detection time of pathogens (causing foodborne illness) from 1-2 days down to 6 hours. 

For the first time, producers can get results before shipping to avoid outbreaks and costly recalls as well as reduce expensive warehousing and refrigeration costs during testing holds.  By streamlining logistics to one 8-hr shift, products can be released one day fresher and plant productivity increased over 30%.  

It’s the only USDA and FDA compliant innovation in enrichment, and it’s compatible with most current tests and seamlessly fits into producer and lab workflows.  

Our impact has the potential to reduce up to 50% of food waste, save trillions of gallons of water annually, and eliminate billions of pounds of methane and greenhouse gases yearly.

National Science Foundation

NSF Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR)

N-STEP (NIST – Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Program)

(Momentum Fund) University System of Maryland

Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship

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Does time cost you money? Are you a commercial food-safety testing lab, a food producer, or a meat packer?  ⭐️ Join us at IAFP 2024, BOOTH 245! ⭐️ 

Learn about our AOAC-accredited Next Generation Enrichment system for rapid, high-quality pathogen testing in MicroTally, poultry, and fresh produce. 

Let's shape the future of food safety together. See you there!

#IAFP2024  #foodsafety

Romaine Lettuce Safety: A Small Price for Peace of Mind

Did you know a $150 test on 45 acres of lettuce worth $1M could have stopped a 2018 E. Coli outbreak from a Santa Barbara farm, which resulted in dozens of hospitalizations?

80% of leafy green producers follow safety tests recommended by the LGMA,   testing 375g samples, and some even do more by testing larger 1500g samples for every two acres of product. This rigorous testing has prevented numerous outbreaks and could have prevented the one from the Santa Barbara farm. They do this to keep us safe, but they often don't talk about it much to avoid the appearance of competing over food safety measures. 

Conversely, I believe that publicizing these safety initiatives fosters a positive environment that recognizes and encourages such practices, ultimately benefiting all consumers.

A recent report by Western Growers Science underscores the effectiveness of a 1500g sample in detecting contamination levels that could lead to outbreaks, emphasizing the importance of proactive measures in safeguarding public health. 

(https://lnkd.in/dNek5dtK)

Some may argue that the agricultural sector's slim margins make the $150 cost for testing 1500g samples every two acres of leafy greens seem steep. However, the extra 0.5 cents per $3 lettuce head for consumer safety is negligible compared to the potential health risks and economic losses from an outbreak.

Food safety far exceeds a simple pathogen test. It encompasses best practices and a culture that aims to minimize the risk of pathogens in the food supply chain.

Yet, a simple measure like conducting pathogen tests on 1500g samples of leafy greens can enhance safety at a cost that could easily be absorbed by consumers without having to burden more leafy greens shippers and growers.

As a consumer, wouldn’t you pay an additional 0.5 cents for each lettuce head for assured safety?  What are your thoughts?

#FoodSafety #PublicHealth #StopFoodborneIllness #Outbreak #Salmonella #EColi #Romaine #foodtech #pathotrak

Wow! As the only tech in the world currently AOAC accredited for 1500g of leafy greens in a single test, I wonder how many outbreaks, recalls, and how much brand damage our solution could prevent?

Excerpt from Table 1 in the document: The probability of detection with 1500g samples is 97%, as opposed to 57% with the 375g samples that most people are using today.

Thank you so much to Joelle Mosso, Trevor Suslow, and Gustavo Reyes for this fascinating analysis.

See the full report in the Western Growers post below

PathoTrak is excited to share another round of funding from TEDCO’s evergreen Venture Funds. Thanks to TEDCO’s investment in our future, we can further our mission to not only accelerate the turnaround time of food safety tests but also contribute to reducing food waste and minimizing the costs of recalls. 

#foodsafety #foodindustry #venturecapital

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