highlights
EBI FOOD SAFETY nominated for
Deloitte's Fast 50 Rising Star Award 2009
EBI FOOD SAFETY WINS FIE GOLD 2008 - 2009 IN LONDON
LISTEX™ awarded best industry innovation: "Phages: the future of food safety" [PDF]
April 2008 feature article: Bacteriophages,
New Weapons for Food Safety
Publication Dutch Ministry of
Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
Phages, alternative to antibiotics
[Full Text PDF]
news
DECEMBER 2009
NRC Handelsblad, Dec 23, 2009 (Dutch daily newspaper) - interview with EBI's CEO, Mark Offerhaus. Link
Feature article EBI Food Safety in Dairy Industries, December 2009 Issue. Link
Mississippi State University - publication in the Journal of Foodborne Pathogens and Disease: LISTEX effective against Listeria monocytogenes on Catfish Fillets Link
October 2009
The war against Listeria; feature article on Foodbev.com Link
January 2009
Listeria remains cause for concern in Europe, according to EFSA Link
October 2008
Food Engineering and Ingredients: Eradicating Listeria monocytogenes with nature's own biotechnology bacteriophages Read more
May 2008
Increasing Incidence of Listeriosis in Europe Read more
November 2007
EBI Food Safety honored with FIE Gold Award 2008/2009 Read more
July 2007
FDA and USDA approval for LISTEX™ as GRAS for all food products Read more
Our mission
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 2005. 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.
