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EBI Food Safety develops natural bacteriophage products against dangerous bacteria in food. The company, located in Wageningen (Food Valley), The Netherlands, is viewed as product leader in this field and is committed to making the application of bacteriophages a new industry standard.

LISTEX™, the company's product against Listeria, is a culture of safe, natural and organic bacteriophages, characterized by its broad spectrum toward Listeria monocytogenes strains. It is used as a processing aid against only Listeria, during the production of meat, cheese, fish, vegetables, fruit and other food products. LISTEX™ P100 is the first bacteriophage product which is recognised as GRAS (Generally Recognised as Safe) by the FDA (Food & Drug Administration, USA) and USDA (US Department of Agriculture). It has no impact on the properties of the treated food product, and does not affect other bacteria, such as desired bacteria in starter cultures. Due to its rapid inactivation it has no function in the final food product.

First customers in Europe and the US have been using the product daily to full satisfaction since 2006. Over the past three years LISTEX™ has won many industry awards, including the FIE Gold Award, considered the 'Oscar' of the food industry.

Skal, the Dutch designated Public Authority which surveys the organic ('EKO') production on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture,  has certified that LISTEX™  is a processing aid which can be used in all organic food products in the EU which cary the EKO quality symbol. In the US LISTEX™ is listed by the Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI). This means that LISTEX™ may be used in the certified organic production of food processing and handling according to the USDA National Organic Program Rule.

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