Why MicroTally?
Why Sampling Matters
Food safety isn’t just about compliance, it’s about the trust consumers place in your brand. Sampling is your first line of defense in protecting that trust. However, acquiring high-quality, representative samples can be a challenge. It requires:
- Consistency across every batch
- Strict adherence to complex protocols
- The right tools to ensure accuracy
This is where MicroTally® comes in.
Stop contamination risks before products reach the market. Our advanced sampling techniques give you the power to monitor product quality with total consistency. By integrating our solutions, you aren’t just following protocols, you’re protecting your consumers and the integrity of your brand.
Sample with confidence. Trust MicroTally®.
Benefits of Our Sampling Solutions
Enhanced Food Safety
MicroTally® solutions are meticulously crafted to aid in the detection of potential pathogens and ensure strict adherence to food safety regulations. Our mission is to protect your consumers and safeguard your brand reputation, giving you total confidence in the safety and compliance of your products.
Proven & Peer-Reviewed
Our methods are backed by peer-reviewed publications and extensive validation across numerous sampling applications. Trusted by industry leaders and inspectors, MicroTally® ensures scientific accuracy and regulatory compliance.
Highly Representative Samples
MicroTally® sampling methods capture a significantly higher percentage of your product compared to traditional techniques. Whether you use our manual aggregated sampling or automated continuous sampling devices (CSD) at the end of a conveyor belt, our methods ensure your results are accurate, comprehensive, and highly representative of your lot.
Save Time and Resources
Stop wasting product and energy. Our innovative approach is non-destructive and requires less enrichment media, reducing hazardous waste and preserving your inventory. Beyond material savings, MicroTally® reduces labor requirements and yields results equal or superior to traditional methods, optimizing your facility's time and bottom line.
Prioritize Worker Safety and Ergonomics
Traditional sampling often requires hazardous physical maneuvers, from the use of sharp excision tools to the repetitive strain of handling and shaking heavy containers. MicroTally® eliminates these risks by providing a simplified, low-impact process. By removing the need for invasive cutting and strenuous manual agitation, our solutions protect your team from both acute injuries and long-term musculoskeletal stress.
Non-Destructive Sampling
Enables you to take samples while keeping the product fully intact, minimizing disruption, and maintaining product integrity and quality.
Media Optimization
Reduce the amount of enrichment media required for incubation and analysis, leading to cost savings and improved efficiency.
Environmental Sustainability
More compact samples and less media contribute to the generation of less hazardous waste, promoting environmentally friendly practices.
Intended Use
Beef Processing & Production
MicroTally® product material, as a part of the manual and continuous sampling devices, has been approved by the USDA for beef trim sampling for pathogens.
Produce Processing & Production
MicroTally® product material has been scientifically proven effective in sampling bacteria on produce such as lettuce.
Poultry Processing & Production
MicroTally® product material has been validated for effectiveness in sampling pathogens on poultry carcasses and parts, supporting compliance with USDA food safety regulations.
Manual and Continuous Sampling Devices
About MSD™
The MicroTally® Manual Sampling Device (MSD™) is a straightforward, effective solution for pathogen sampling. By manually rubbing the MicroTally® surface against your sampling target, you can collect high-quality samples with ease. This versatile method is ideal for a wide range of food contact applications, offering a reliable and convenient alternative to traditional sampling.
Benefits of MicroTally® MSD™
Proven & Peer-Reviewed
Time and cost savings
Non-destructive sampling
Media optimization
Worker Safety and Ergonomics
Environmental Sustainability
When to Use MicroTally® MSD™ Products:
- Use MSD™ Products to manually sample the surface of one or more layers of the product.
- MicroTally® Mitt is specifically designed for sampling food products collected in bins or similar containers
About CSD™
The MicroTally® Continuous Sampling Device (CSD™) is the simplest way to achieve seamless, continuous sampling of an entire production lot. By strategically positioning a MicroTally® Sampler at the end of your conveyor or production line, you capture representative samples as product passes over the device. It’s an effortless solution designed to streamline food safety without interrupting your workflow.
Benefits of MicroTally® CSD™
All benefits of MSD™
Time and labor efficiency
Streamline your process with an automated alternative to grab sampling. Minimal human intervention ensures a less labor-intensive workflow and lower operational costs.
Enhances sample accuracy
Continuous sampling of the entire lot significantly increases the likelihood of capturing contamination and ensures more accurate, representative results.
When To Use MicroTally® CSD™ Products:
- MicroTally® CSD™ Products are intended for use when the food product is conveyed.