MicroTally®
The Next Generation of Food Sampling
MicroTally’s® innovative food sampling methods and devices empower you to monitor product quality, detect pathogen contamination, and achieve cost savings while enhancing worker safety and efficiency. Our sampling devices capture microorganisms from surfaces upon contact.
MicroTally® MicroCap™
Automated Lot-Wide Sampling
for Cut Produce Lines
Meet the MicroTally® MicroCap™ Sampler—a process-integrated solution that replaces manual tissue grabs with continuous, automated sampling.
Designed for multihead weighing machines, this sterile sampler captures representative surface material directly as finished product passes through the weigh station—delivering complete lot coverage while eliminating manual labor and product loss.
Sample Automatically,
Where Contamination Lives
Pathogen contamination on fresh-cut produce lives on the exterior. Traditional manual grabs scoop up clean bulk interior mass alongside the outer layer, diluting contamination and making target pathogens harder for your lab to detect.
The MicroTally® MicroCap™ solves this by sampling broadly across the product surface where contamination actually clusters—without capturing interior plant tissue—so lab results reflect true pathogen concentrations.
Engineered specifically for cut and diced produce, the device fits securely over the dispersion cone of your scale. It automatically collects a continuous, aggregated sample across large lot runs (up to 2 hours) as product flows—delivering representative lot coverage with zero operator supervision required.
Automate Your Sampling
Replace manual grabs with continuous, automated sampling.
Contact us today to integrate the MicroTally® MicroCap™ into your cut produce line!
MicroTally® MicroCap™
Reducing Manpower,
Improving Representation
Process-Integrated – Fits directly over the scale dispersion cone, continuously capturing samples with zero disruption to production flow.
Automated Collection – Eliminates manual sampling and runs unsupervised for up to 2 hours.
Non-Destructive – Captures surface microorganisms with zero product loss compared to destructive tissue grab methods.
Detects Pathogen Clusters – Aggregated surface sampling detects localized contamination pockets that spot-grabs miss.
Lower Dilution Risk – Surface-only sampling avoids clean bulk interior mass, delivering truer pathogen concentration results.
Peer-Reviewed Validation – Proven equal or greater pathogen recovery compared to traditional grab sampling (data available).
Manpower Savings – Redirects labor from tedious manual sampling to higher-value operational tasks.
Cost-Effective – Lowers lab media costs, disposal costs, and shipping costs (less ice, lighter weight).
Sterile, Purpose-Built Material – Constructed from the same trusted, non-woven fabric used in the MicroTally® Swab
Versatile Sizing – Available in 6" or 8" center hole diameters to fit a variety of multihead scale dispersion cones.
Engineered for Cut and Diced
Produce Processing
The MicroTally® MicroCap™ Sampler is engineered for cut and diced fresh produce operations where representative pathogen sampling is non-negotiable. It delivers reliable surface-level detection for Salmonella, STEC, E. coli O157:H7, and Listeria across finished product runs.
Common applications include:
Cut Lettuce
Cut Cabbage
Cut Onions
Diced Carrots
Diced Tomatoes
Diced Peppers
See MicroTally® MicroCap™ in Action
MicroTally® MicroCap™ Sampler Demo
Patent Pending Design
Trusted and Favored by Industry Leaders
MicroTally® surface samplers are trusted and favored by industry leaders, such as:
