FMC will acquire the portion of DuPont's Crop Protection business required to be divested by a European Commission ruling related to DuPont's merger with The Dow Chemical Company.
The business was originally formed in 1992 as Qualicon. Hygiena will now sell the former DuPont Diagnostics products under the Hygiena brand through its entity, Qualicon Diagnostics LLC.
The BAX System X5 PCR Assay for Genus Listeria was approved as a method extension of
Performance Tested Method #030502 for evaluating food and environmental samples.