Assurance^® GDS Manual PickPen^® vs. PIPETMAX for challenging food and environmental samples

The BioControl^® Assurance^® GDS system is widely accepted for the detection of food pathogens. The proprietary Assurance^® GDS PickPen^® II device has been shown to be a very powerful tool for immunomagnetic separation (IMS) of pathogenic organisms from an entire range of food matrices. Preparation of samples for analysis by Assurance^® GDS methods involves sample enrichment, reagent dispensing, IMS using the proprietary PickPen^® device, and sample transfer steps.