Neogen® Molecular Detection System™ Approvals
Certifications, Recognitions, and Validations
Third-party validations confirm that our method has proven to be reliable and repeatable, and that it performs equal to or better than the reference method to which it was compared.
- U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service: Selected Neogen's Molecular Detection System 2 assays as the primary detection method for Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, Listeria spp and Salmonella Enteritidis / Salmonella Typhimurium.
- U.S. Food & Drug Administration: Designated the Neogen Molecular Detection – Assay 2 Listeria as an equivalent testing methodology.
- AOAC® International: View the table below for assays certified as AOAC® Performance Tested Method℠ (PTM) and AOAC® Official Method of Analysis℠ (OMA).
- NF Validation: View the table below for assays certified with NF VALIDATION by AFNOR Certification.
- MicroVal: View the table below for assays certified by LRQA
Featured Certifications
International Recognition for Neogen® Molecular Detection Assays
AFNOR NF Validation following ISO 16140-2
| Product Description | Catalog Number | Certificate Number |
 MDA 2 Cronobacter | MDA2CRO96 | 3M 01/20-03/18 |
 MDA 2 E. coli O157 (including H7) | MDA2ECO96 | 3M 01/18-05/17 |
 MDA 2 Listeria | MDA2LIS96 | 3M 01/14-05/16 |
 MDA 2 Listeria monocytogenes | MDA2LMO96 | 3M 01/15-09/16 |
 MDA 2 Salmonella | MDA2SAL96 | 3M 01/16-11/16 |
AOAC® INTERNATIONAL Official Method of Analysis℠
| Product Description | Catalog Number | OMA Number |
| MDA 2 Cronobacter | MDA2CRO96 | 2018.01 |
| MDA 2 E. coli O157 (including H7) | MDA2ECO96 | 2017.01 |
| MDA 2 Listeria | MDA2LIS96 | 2016.07 |
| MDA 2 Listeria monocytogenes | MDA2LMO96 | 2016.08 |
| MDA 2 Salmonella | MDA2SAL96 | 2016.01 |
AOAC Research Institute Performance Tested Method℠
| Product Description | Catalog Number | PTM Number |
 MDA Campylobacter | MDA2ECO96 | 111803 |
| MDA 2 Cronobacter | MDA2CRO96 | 101703 |
| MDA 2 Listeria | MDA2LIS96 | 111501 |
| MDA 2 Listeria monocytogenes | MDA2LMO96 | 081501 |
| MDA 2 Salmonella | MDA2SAL96 | 091501 |
 MDA 2 STEC Gene Screen (stx and eae) | MDA2STXEAE48 | 071902 |
 MDA 2 STEC Gene Screen (stx) | MDA2STX96 | 071903 |
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