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Agricultural Research Services, Eastern Regional Research
Center, Food Safety and Technologies Initiative, Glenside, PA
Hesham Elgaali, Indiana State Department of Health, Food
and Dairy Microbiology Division, Indianapolis, IN
Kristi McCallum, Colorado Department of Agriculture,
Biochemistry Laboratory, Denver, CO
Dora Rodgers, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture,
Madison, WI
Karen Beers, Safe Foods Corp., Rogers, AR
Jerry Lynn Picket and Jacquelyn Adams, Tyson WBA
Analytical, Springdale, AR
Allie Martin, Alliance Analytical Laboratories, Coopersville,
MI
Willis Fedio, New Mexico State University, Center for
Animal Health, Food Safety and Biosecurity, Las Cruces, NM
Megan Boyle, Q Laboratories Inc., Cincinnati, OH
We extend special thanks to the following team members at
Q Laboratories, Inc. for their efforts during the collaborative
study: Kiel Fisher, Ben Bastin, Paige Bedinghaus, Kateland
Koch, Will Judd, and Nicole Klass.
We would also like to extend a special thanks to Cathy Hill
and John David of 3M Technical Services for their efforts in
training the collaborators.
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