Micro Imaging Technology Introduces the MIT 1000 to Food Safety Industry Professionals
July 27 2012 - 08:00AM
Marketwired
Micro Imaging Technology, Inc. (OTCBB: MMTC) (OTCQB: MMTC)
announced that an important segment of the food safety community
got its first look at its Rapid Microbial Identification System
when it introduced the MIT 1000 at the Annual Meeting of the
International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) in Providence,
Rhode Island held July 22 through July 25, 2012.
"We could not have been more pleased with the reception that the
MIT 1000 received at the conference," stated Jeff Nunez, MIT's
Chairman and CEO, "and we expect our time and efforts to be well
rewarded judging by the amount of interest and excitement our
technology generated from potential users, consultants, professors,
Universities, and competitors." Known to be the leading food safety
conference worldwide each year, the IAFP is attended by more than
2,500 of the top industry, academic and governmental food safety
professionals from around the world.
The MIT 1000 is a stand-alone, rapid laser based bacteria
detection and identification technology; a software driven system
that can detect pathogenic bacteria and complete an identifying
test in less than five (5) minutes for pennies per test. In June
2009, the AOAC Research Institute (AOAC RI) awarded the Company
Performance Tested Methods SM (PTM) certification for the rapid
identification of Listeria. The AOAC RI provides an independent
third party evaluation and expert reviews of methods and will award
PTM certification to methods that demonstrate performance levels
equivalent or better than other certified bacteria identifying
methods. The MIT System underwent hundreds of individual tests,
including ruggedness and accuracy, to earn AOAC RI's certification
for the identification of Listeria.
"With the number of food-related illnesses and deaths on the
rise each year, particularly involving Listeria, Listeria
monocytogenes, Salmonella and E. coli, our technology and its rapid
diagnostics could mean the difference between life and death,"
suggested MIT's Chief Scientist, David Haavig, PhD. "I was
gratified to find that the goal of the IAFP conference was not to
promote one technology over another, but to advance food safety
overall. That's what the MIT 1000 will do and that's why it was
good for us to be at this conference."
About: IAFP
The International Association for Food Protection (IAFP),
founded in 1911, is a non-profit association of 3,600 food safety
professionals committed to Advancing Food Safety
Worldwide® by providing members worldwide with a forum to
exchange information on protecting the global food supply. The
Association provides its members with an information network on
scientific, technical, and practical developments in food safety
and sanitation through its two scientific journals, Food Protection
Trends and Journal of Food Protection, its educational Annual
Meeting, and interaction with other food safety professionals.
www.foodprotection.org
About: Micro Imaging Technology, Inc.
MIT is a California-based public company that has developed and
patented a Microbial Identification System that revolutionizes the
pathogenic bacteria diagnostic process and can annually save
thousands of lives and tens of millions of dollars in health care
costs. The MIT 1000 identifies bacteria in minutes, not days, and
at a significant per test cost savings when compared to any other
conventional method. It does not rely on chemical or biological
agents, conventional processing, fluorescent tags, gas
chromatography or DNA analysis. The process requires only clean
water and a sample of the unknown bacteria. Revenues for all rapid
testing methods exceed $5 billion annually -- with food safety
accounting for over $3.5 billion, which is expected to surpass $4.7
billion by 2015 according to BCC Research. In addition, the
recently passed "New" U.S. Food Safety Bill is expected to further
accelerate the current annual growth rate of 6.6 percent.
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differences include, but are not limited to dependence on
suppliers; short product life cycles and reductions in unit selling
prices; delays in development or shipment of new products; lack of
market acceptance of our new products or services; inability to
continue to develop competitive new products and services on a
timely basis; introduction of new products or services by major
competitors; our ability to attract and retain qualified employees;
inability to expand our operations to support increased growth; and
declining economic conditions, including a recession. These and
other factors and risks associated with our business are discussed
from time to time within our filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, reference MMTC: www.sec.gov.
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Contact Web Site: www.micro-imaging.com Telephone: (949)
388-4546
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