Neogen acquires new laboratory from GlycoMar Ltd

An American company Neogen who's European head-office is based in Scotland has acquired a seafood testing facilities VeroMara in Scotland as part of an expansion of its food safety operations. The laboratory based in Oban offers testing services to the aquaculture industries for shellfish toxins, foodborne pathogens such as E.coli.

"The acquisition of VeroMara deepens Neogen's advancement into the aquatic sciences," said James Herbert, Neogen's CEO and chairman. "VeroMara's services are complementary and a nice fit with our existing product lines for the seafood industry, including one of our biggest food safety diagnostic products our histamine tests for the tuna industry.” Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers