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The multinational food safety company hailed the record-breaking results as “outstanding” as it said Q1 revenues had also climbed by a third.
The sales represent a combination of sales of Neogen food safety products produced in the US for the European market, and diagnostics manufactured in Scotland for worldwide distribution.
The firm’s food safety division posted a 27 per cent increases in Q1 revenues to $22m. The division’s organic sales increased 21 per cent. The company’s diagnostics for mycotoxins in grains, food allergens, foodborne pathogens, spoilage organisms and sanitation concerns all increased sharply in the quarter. Sales its histamine test - a toxin produced in certain types of harvested fish, especially tuna, if they are improperly stored and transported also “increased substantially” in the period, noted Neogen.