Appropriate controls for PCR detection of foodborne pathogens
30 April 2012 | By Martin D’Agostino, Microbiologist, The Food and Environment Research Agency
Over the years, there has been a great increase in the number of PCR based assays for foodborne pathogen detection. For example, a very basic search for ‘salmonella food PCR assay’ using the PubMed.gov database will produce over 600 results. Clearly, this has led to a huge choice of PCR-based…