Spectacular Labs Inc. and the Canadian Center for Meat Innovation and Technology (CMIT) have joined forces to improve foodborne pathogen testing. As part of the early access agreement, meat and poultry producers across Canada will be able to use the Spectacular OneTouch platform to validate assay performance and demonstrate its intuitive workflow in meat and poultry applications. The Spectacular platform was designed for rapid, onsite testing to help prevent potential foodborne illness outbreaks, alleviate critical supply chain bottlenecks, and shorten food production timelines.

Spectacular Labs’ new OneTouch benchtop platform requires only one minute of operator hands-on time. It is now being used by a growing number of early access collaborators to detect pathogenic bacteria such as Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli, and Campylobacter.