Latest in Food Tradeshows

Idaho Technology recently participated in two industry tradeshows: Food Safety Summit was held in Washington, DC April 12-14 and United Fresh was held in Las Vegas April 20-22. We were able to debut our new booth and new Idaho Technology logo and tagline.

United Fresh 2010 had a dedicated area focused exclusively on food safety solutions for growers to retailers and offered attendees a unique Food Safety Demo Center. The center displayed food safety products, innovations and solutions, and the latest in food safety regulatory activities. Idaho Technology was thrilled to be a part of this event and showcase our real-time PCR instrument the R.A.P.I.D.® LT Food Security System with kits for testing Salmonella, Listeria and E.coli O157:H7.

The 12th Annual Food Safety Summit featured a full program of intensive educational seminars, industry and government keynote speakers, workshops, networking events and a large trade show exhibition. This year the Summit addressed the challenges of the Global Food Community. Idaho Technology participated as an exhibitor and also presented our poster on:

	Development of High Volume Reagent Kits for Idaho Technology’s R.A.P.I.D.® LT Food Security System to Increase Sample Throughput

To see the poster and all Idaho Technology posters please click here

Keeping It Fresh...

The lights, the glitz, the glamour….. the produce??!! Last week we attended the United Fresh show held in sunny, vibrant Las Vegas... The casinos and chaos on the outside didn't detour the waves of people on the inside of the show where an appetizing labyrinth of food samples awaited—from pineapple to guacamole, this show had our hunger covered! Most importantly, with the heightened awareness of global food safety issues, the show focused on industry audits, product traceability, rapid methods to test for food borne pathogens, and other issues that face growers, shippers, and food producers. Idaho Technology had a booth in the food safety pavilion and we were happy to showcase our food security system, the R.A.P.I.D.® LT FSS, which tests for pathogens such as Listeria, E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella.

A special thanks to Julie and Stuart from Microbiology International for helping us at the booth and showing us a good time!

Now I'm off to Washington, DC for the Food Safety Summit. Check back next week for a full report...