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Test it at Home!

Mike

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Distributors pressure for global release of home food test kits
25 October 2007
Consumers are keen for home food test kits for E.coli and Salmonella.

Magna Medical has managed to roll out the home version of the MMS Quick Results Food Testing Kits on a limited scale in Canada and the USA. The kits have test strips that can detect harmful levels of E.coli and Salmonella bacteria in prepared foods, water, and hard surfaces.

“It’s primarily creating packaging the meets the various languages needed to service international clientele that is the challenge” says Robert Greene Vice President and General Manager of Magna Medical Services, Inc. Magna Medical Services, Inc. has enlisted the help of Toronto based marketing consultants CSSG Media Group of Canada. “Our main objective for [Magna Medical] is to recommend language packaging that is suitable for multiple countries” says Nicole Kelso, Account Executive for CSSG Media “For example, the United Arab Emerites would fair better to have both Arabic and Hindi on packaging instead of just Arabic.”

Magna Medical hopes that such dual language packaging would be accepted in India and Pakistan thus minimizing costs on production. Magna Medical also hopes to have their product packaging in Mandarin (Chinese).

Salmonella bacteria, found in meat, and animal waste, particularly poultry, causes food poisoning in humans. Proper handling and cooking procedures prevent harmful infection from poultry which naturally contains salmonella. The MMS Salmonella strip can detect 50 of the most common and deadliest strains. The strips are submerged in food samples; if the organism is present the strip will change color.

Escherichia coli (usually abbreviated to E. coli) is one of the many species of bacteria that is naturally found in the lower intestines of warm-blooded animals. "There are literally thousands of varieties of E.Coli, but only the most common and deadliest strains such as 0157:H7 are set for detection in the MMS E.Coli strip" says Greene.













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