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Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have developed an innovative test to detect Salmonella in ready-to-eat meats. The preliminary test-still being evaluated by agency researchers-relies on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology to detect food-contaminating microbes on a molecular level.
Food technologist Jitu Patel, of the ARS Food Technology and Safety Laboratory, and microbiologist Arvind Bhagwat, of the ARS Produce Quality and Safety...





