Research at EMFSL includes collaborative efforts with the following partners in private industry:

• AirOcare Inc., Rockville, MD
  
  
• AHPharma, Salisbury, MD
  
  
• Alaska Food Diagnostics, Ltd., UK
  Development of rapid detection methods for E. coli O157:H7 strains.
  
  
• Andor Technology
  
  
• ChemImage, Pittsburgh, PA
  
  
• Creativ MicroTech, Inc, Potomac, MD
  Non-funded Cooperative Agreement to develop rapid detection technologies for water-borne and food-borne pathogens.
  
  
• Headwall Photonics, Fitchburg, MA
  
  
• Quickpath Technologies, Inc, Clarksville, MD
  Cooperative Research and Development Agreement to develop glycomics-based technologies for capture and concentration of water-borne and food-borne pathogens.
  
  
• Spiralcat of Maryland, Elkton, MD
  Cooperative Research and Development Agreement to develop manure treatment technologies.
  
  
• Stork Food Systems, Gainesville, GA
  Cooperative Research and Development Agreement to develop spectral imaging inspection systems for high-speed online poultry processing.
  
  
• Warnex Inc., Canada
  
  

For more information: Please contact the Beltsville Area Office of Technology Transfer for more information if you are interested in developing cooperative interactions with EMFSL or other research programs at BARC.

Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Lab
Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center
Building 173 BARC-East, Phone 301.504.5607
www.ars.usda.gov/ba/anri/emfsl