News 2006

October 2006

LISTEX™, approved as GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) by the US FDA, to control Listeria monocytogenes in cheese. LISTEX™ is the first bacteriophage product to receive GRAS recognition by the FDA.
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October 2006

"Application of phages prevents the outgrowth of Listeria on cheese". An article in the October of European Dairy Magazine.
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October 2006

Natural Listeria bacteriophages enhance safety of ready-to-eat meat products. This is confirmed in the doctorate research. [Poster PDF] of Lieve Vermeiren of Gent University’s Department of Food Safety and Food Quality in Belgium.
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October 2006

EBI Food Safety has appointed Dr. Steven Hagens as its Chief Scientific Officer. Previously Dr. Hagens held a post-doctoral position in the laboratory for Food Microbiology at the Institute of Food Science and Nutrition - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETHZ). His work focused on optimising phages for recognition and elimination of Listeria mononocytogenes and Salmonella spp.
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September 2006

Frost & Sullivan recognizes EBI Food Safety's leadership by awarding the company the technology and innovation award 2006.
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May 2006

EBI Food Safety opens the first Phage Technology Center which is a quantum leap in the commercialization of bacteriophage technology.
[Press Release English PDF]
[Press Release Dutch PDF]