PIONEERING DIAGNOSTICS

Dairy quality testing trends in Europe

by

Bernard de Villiers

Gregoire Bonnefois

Rima Yazbeck Berraf

Isabelle Desforges

Birchwood Hotel

4 September 2019

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AGENDA

• bioMérieux company introduction

• European dairy testing trends

• Contextualizing for South Africa

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COMPANY INTRODUCTION

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AN HISTORIC FAMILY COMMITMENT TO MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH WORLDWIDE

Marcel Mérieux

1897 - Creation of Institut Mérieux

Dr Charles Mérieux

1937 - Dr Charles Mérieux

took up the reins

Dr Alain Mérieux

1963 - Creation of bioMérieux

Alexandre Mérieux

Marcel Mérieux

1894 - Student of Louis Pasteur

A commitment that transcends four generations:Ever since the creation of Institut Mérieux, a generation

has worked after another to expand its legacy.

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OUR FACTS AND FIGURES

More than

11,200employees worldwide

1,600 peoplededicated to R&D

A LEADERSHIP

POSITIONS

IN MICROBIOLOGY

+ 20 YEARS OF EXPERTISE IN

INDUSTRIAL

MICROBIOLOGY CONTROL

+ 55 YEARSOF EXPERTISE IN

IN VITRO DIAGNOSTICS

A large install base of

90,000 systems

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A CONTINUOUS GEOGRAPHIC EXPANSION

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BIOMÉRIEUX INDUSTRY MISSION

HELPING

MANUFACTURERS to deliver microbiologically-

safe products to patients

and consumers

Food & beverages

bioPharma & Personal

Care

Transfusion & Cell therapy

DEVELOPING

SOLUTIONS for animal health to

Combat infectious diseases

and zoonosis

Monitor fertility

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TO DETECT, ENUMERATE AND IDENTIFY

RAW MATERIAL PEOPLE

PROCESS CONTROL

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING

FINISHED PRODUCT CONTROL

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INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS

Raw Material

Environmental Samples

Semi-finished Products

Finished Products

Microbial detection

Media Preparation

Sample Preparation

Enumeration Identification

Tempo®

Masterclave®

APS ONE®

Dilumat® Smasher® Labguard®

VIDAS®

VITEK® MS

VITEK® 2 Compact

API

IT Solutions

ALOA Plate

D-Count®

Gene-Up*

* Available soon

Pathogen Detection

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DAIRY TRENDS IN EU & US

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TRENDS & CHALLENGES

Key trends of 2018

Consumer motivation

e-Commerce or digital

disruption

Predictive microbiology

Data integrity, management

& capacity

Simple and short sample

preparation and sampling plans

Genomics & strain typing

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FARM TO FRIDGE

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FARM TO FRIDGE

Traceability & sustainability

temperature monitoring on

carton

time monitoring on carton

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FARM TO FRIDGE

QR barcodes on cartons

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FARM TO FRIDGE

QR barcodes on

cartons

Source

Originating farm

Herd health

Processing

Fluid processing plant

Date tracking

Predict

Microbial influences

Time & temperature

effects

Specific

nutritional value

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FARM TO FRIDGE

Endoza T.F.M., Welt B.A., Otwell S., Teixeira A.A.,

Kristonsson H., Balaban M.O. Kinetic parameter

estimation of time-temperature integrators intended

for use with packaged fresh seafood. J. Food

Sci. 2004;69

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FARM TO FRIDGE

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FARM TO FRIDGE

Traceability & Transparency

Predictive microbiology

Data integrity, management

& capacity

Full transparency

• Accurate and reliable data,

FAST

• Precise microbiome

information

• Predictive software

models

• Online database access for

QR code information

• Decrease production and

testing time

• Decrease human error

during testing

What does this mean?

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FARM TO FRIDGE

Traceability & Transparency

Predictive microbiology

Data integrity, management

& capacity

Full transparency

• Accurate and reliable data,

FAST

• Precise microbiome

information

• Predictive software

models

• Online database access for

QR code information

• Decrease production and

testing time

• Decrease human error

during testing

What does this mean?

So that

access the production data

accurate predictions

•“Best by” and expiry dates

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FARM TO FRIDGE

Who is driving this?

US’ Foundation for Food and

Agriculture Research (FFAR) –

USA

European Food Safety

Authority

Identified challenges

Food supply sustainability

• yield

• quality

Online culture of

consumers

Spoilage challenges &

extension interventions

Date misconceptions

Economics & cost

pressures

On-farm testing

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FARM TO FRIDGE

Identified challenges

Food supply sustainability

• yield

• quality

Online culture of

consumers

Spoilage challenges &

extension interventions

Date misconceptions

Economics & cost

pressures

On-farm testing

WWF Lebensmittelverluste in Deutschland nach

Wertschöpfungsstufen 2014|Statistik. [(accessed on 4 November

2018)]; Muller & Schmid, 2019, Foods 8(1): 16

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FARM TO FRIDGE

Identified challenges

Food supply sustainability

• yield

• quality

Online culture of

consumers

Spoilage challenges &

extension interventions

Date misconceptions

Economics & cost

pressures

On-farm testing

london.eater.com

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FARM TO FRIDGE

Identified challenges

Food supply sustainability

• yield

• quality

Online culture of

consumers

Spoilage challenges &

extension interventions

Date misconceptions

Economics & cost

pressures

On-farm testing

Bofrost Umfrage zu Gründen für das Wegwerfen von Lebensmitteln

in Deutschland 2017|Statistik. [(accessed on 24 May 2018)]; Muller

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TRENDS & CHALLENGES

Key trends of 2018

Consumer motivation

e-Commerce or digital

disruption

Predictive microbiology

Data integrity,

management & capacity

Simple and short sample

preparation and sampling

plans

Genomics & strain typing

Full transparency

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TRENDS & CHALLENGES

Key trends of 2018

Consumer motivation

e-Commerce or digital

disruption

Predictive microbiology

Data integrity,

management & capacity

Simple and short sample

preparation and sampling

plans

Genomics & strain typing

Full transparency

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BANNING OF PLASTICS

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BANNING OF PLASTICS – SOUTH AFRICA

- Engineering News

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BANNING OF PLASTICS

Plastic production has soared more

than 40 per cent globally over the

past 10 years

Consumer motivation: "plastic

attacks"

penalties on non-recycled plastic use

landfill taxes

deposit refund scheme

“today there's no recycled plastics available

for yogurt pots” - Elipso Federation of

Plastic Packaging Makers

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THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONTEXT

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WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR SOUTH AFRICA?

Rapid microbiology testing

through automation for

• pathogens

• enumeration

• sterility

• identification

Expansion of testing scope

Digitalization of data

Interconnectivity (LIMS)

Pattern identification

Potential problem

forecasting

Finished Product

micro QC

in-process micro QC

Milk Quality &

Payment

Animal Health

(reproduction,

mastitis, ID/AST)

Manufacturing

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WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR SOUTH AFRICA?

Rapid microbiology testing

through automation for

• pathogens

• enumeration

• sterility

• identification

Expansion of testing scope

Digitalization of data

Interconnectivity (LIMS)

Pattern identification

Potential problem

forecasting

Finished Product

micro QC

in-process micro QC

Milk Quality &

Payment

Animal Health

(reproduction,

mastitis, ID/AST)

Manufacturing

What?

How much?

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WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR SOUTH AFRICA?

Rapid microbiology testing

through automation for

• pathogens

• enumeration

• sterility

• identification

Expansion of testing scope

Digitalization of data

Interconnectivity (LIMS)

Pattern identification

Potential problem

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WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR SOUTH AFRICA?

Rapid microbiology testing

through automation for

• pathogens

• enumeration

• sterility

• identification

Expansion of testing scope

Digitalization of data

Interconnectivity (LIMS)

Pattern identification

Potential problem

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WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR SOUTH AFRICA?

Rapid microbiology testing

through automation for

• pathogens

• enumeration

• sterility

• identification

Expansion of testing scope

Digitalization of data

Interconnectivity (LIMS)

Pattern identification

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WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR SOUTH AFRICA?

- Farmer’s Weekly

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WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR SOUTH AFRICA?

Packaging must become

clever

informative

innovative

more environmentally

friendly

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PIONEERING DIAGNOSTICS

Bernard de Villiers

bernard.devilliers@biomerieux.com

011 205 9700

Thank you for your time and attention

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