The new Neogen Culture Media product line will feature
updated packaging and branding, a comprehensive offering of chromogenic media,
manufacturing sites in the United States and United Kingdom, broader compliance
to regulatory standards, and a complete offering of traditional culture media
that are essential to microbiological testing. This product line will continue
to provide the culture media that supports its many customers today.
“Neogen’s culture media products are used by leading
scientists and researchers around the world in a variety of applications,
including food safety and the production of vaccines. The global harmonization
of the products under the Neogen Culture Media brand means that our customers
will receive the exact same formulation for the same product, wherever in the
world they may be,” said John Adent, Neogen’s president and CEO. “Instead of
manufacturing Acumedia products in the United States and Lab M products in
England, we will provide the same products around the world — and perform
quality control testing on them to the same performance criteria. This will
allow us to simplify and shorten the shipping process for our many global
customers.”
The U.S.-based Acumedia Company was founded in 1978, and has
been recognized as a premier manufacturer of culture media for industrial,
pharmaceutical, biotech, food safety and life science applications. Acumedia’s
operations are now led by a professional team with more than 150 years of
experience in developing and manufacturing culture media. Neogen acquired
Acumedia in 2000.
England-based Lab M was founded in 1971, and acquired by
Neogen in 2015. Lab M has had an international reputation of high quality
culture media, particularly for the culture and isolation of anaerobes, and
chromogenic media.
Neogen Corporation develops and markets products dedicated
to food and animal safety. The company’s Food Safety Division markets culture
media and diagnostic test kits to detect foodborne bacteria, natural toxins,
food allergens, drug residues, plant diseases and sanitation concerns. Neogen’s
Animal Safety Division is a leader in the development of animal genomics along
with the manufacturing and distribution of a variety of animal healthcare
products, including diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, veterinary instruments, wound
care and disinfectants.
