Albemarle Food Safety opening new lab at LBTC

Albemarle Corporation is opening a new research and development microbiology lab at the Louisiana Business & Technology Center on the LSU South Campus in partnership with Southern Microbiological Services, a company founded by LSU Professor William Doerrler. The state-of-the-art facility, which will be fully staffed with food scientists, will specialize in microbiology testing and will be equipped to test all food-borne pathogens. As the FDA expands enforcement of the Food Safety Modernization Act to include imported food, and as other international regulatory agencies introduce new stricter food safety regulations, Albemarle says the lab will help position the company to provide food safety solutions around the globe to meet the stringent standards. Albemarle’s Food Safety business is a part of the company’s Fine Chemistry Global Business Unit offering a premium line of bromine-based antimicrobials as a solution for the food processing industry. Albemarle’s food safety products are some of the fastest-growing products used in processing today, proven effective against many pathogenic bacteria, such as salmonella, campylobacter, listeria and E. coli.