Spectacular Labs improves pathogen testing for Canadian meat producers

Spectacular Labs Inc. is announcing a collaboration with the Centre for Meat Innovation & Technology 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, on-site testing to help prevent potential outbreaks, alleviate critical supply chain bottlenecks and shorten food production timelines.

As the meat and poultry processing industry across Canada advances at a rapid rate, CMIT was established by Meat and Poultry Ontario to help processors collaborate, find and adopt new technologies, and to make it easier for their employees to learn and advance their skills. CMIT will deploy the Spectacular OneTouch platform in the University of Guelph’s federally licensed processing facility. Meat processors will be able to access the platform to accelerate turnaround times, self-serve third-party certification of analysis and reduce overall testing costs.