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Rob Dermer, Natalie Shipley, and James Williams, Microbac
Laboratories, Inc., Fayetteville, NC
Ashley Morris, Robert Brooks, and Karen Powers, Microbac
Laboratories, Inc., Maryville, TN
Brenda Brown, Murray Brown Laboratories, LLC, Denver,
CO
Karen Beers, Safe Foods Corp., Rogers, AR
Alexandra Calle, Texas Tech University, Food Safety and
Microbiology, Lubbock, TX
Jerry Lynn Picket and Joseph Reynolds, Tyson WBA
Analytical, Springdale, AR
Andy Gaydos, Waters Agricultural, Camilla, GA
Allison Mastalerz, Q Laboratories Inc., Cincinnati, OH
We would like to extend a special thanks to the following
team members at Q Laboratories, Inc. for their efforts during the
collaborative study: M. Joseph Benzinger Jr., Ben Bastin, Kiel
Fisher, Kateland Koch, Will Judd and Nicole Klass.
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