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NEW Rapid Microbial Testing

Real-time detection and early warning notification of positive samples. 

NEW Analytical Laboratory Services

Analytical testing and calibration services. 

We are excited to attend IAFP

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AAA Launches Inspected Clean!

Charm’s novaLUM II-X system helps verify the cleanliness of hotel facilities.

Reliable Supplier of Microbial Tests And Consumables

We always have the verification tests you need, so your production never needs to pause. 

Environmental Monitoring Program

More food facilities are creating and upgrading their environmental monitoring programs (EMP) due to an increasing emphasis from government agencies on locating and controlling food hazards and contaminants.

How Often Do You See Random Microbial Spikes?

One bacterium can multiply to more than 30,000 in five hours and more than 16 million in eight hours. If these bacteria then create a biofilm, standard sanitation chemicals may not remove it.

Are All ATP Luminometers Created Equal?

If contamination levels are high or sanitation procedures are inadequate, microorganisms may grow and contaminate food products leading to a foodborne illness outbreak. This article covers how to build and execute an EMP, when to conduct microbial and ATP testing, and enumerates the advantages of in-house environmental testing over 3rd party testing.

Are All ATP Luminometers Created Equal?

Selecting a quality luminometer and tests is the only way to understand if sanitation procedures are truly effective. Implementing the next level of ATP analysis will bring your product to the next level of hygiene, mitigate the inherent risks of food safety, and protect your family and children from preventable hazards.

Charm Sciences celebrates 43 years in business. Customers rely on Charm quality and innovation thanks to a dedicated team of life-long employees and distributor partners.

Charm is proud of our on-demand manufacturing capability adapting as market trends change and providing food safety diagnostic solutions to over 100 countries.

We appreciate the opportunity to support our customers’ food safety programs to help protect the consumer and brand integrity for years to come.

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Food Safety in Review

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), foodborne illnesses cause an estimated 600 million people to fall ill each year, which is almost one in every ten people worldwide. They estimate that 420,000 people die each year, with 40% of those being young children under the age of 5.

Free Environmental Monitoring Kit Trial!

Using the Charm Peel Plate Microbial tests and PUR-Blue Swabs, you can easily swab and plate environmental monitoring samples.

Changing Landscape Between Dairy and Dairy Alternative Beverages

The combined rapid growth and profitability of plant-based dairy alternatives have gained the attention of those in the food industry.

Understanding Mycotoxins and Predicting Risk in a Changing Climate

Changing conditions can increase the risk of mycotoxins in food and feed, which has both health and economic implications.

Sanitation Verification is the Proactive Foundation...

Sanitation programs with frequent verification in food plants are the foundation to microbiological or allergen hazard control.

Prerequisite to FSMA is Sanitation

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) focuses on prevention—and sanitation efforts are a key part of your success in complying with FSMA regulations.

Charm: Where the Science of Food Safety is a Way of Life

Our science, methodologies, and food safety innovations are trusted around the world—and around the corner.

Charm Sciences innovates and develops food safety and sanitation diagnostic solutions to predict and prevent chemical and microbiological challenges in farm-to-table food production and hospitality applications. We are committed to protecting our customers’ brands and helping them provide the highest quality products and services for our families.

Trusted

We are trusted by governments, organizations, and consumers around the world. We’re trusted because we’re completely focused on the betterment of the industry. We share innovation, best practices, training, and technology with our customers in an effort to further global—and local—best-in-class food safety programs.

Accurate

Our food safety customers trust our solutions because they are 100% accurate, easy to use, and tailored to be the exact fit for their needs. In fact, because of our commitment to food safety, never in the history of Charm, has a single Charm customer had to manage a product recall while actively—and properly—using our solutions.

Committed

Founded in 1978, Charm Sciences has made the science of food safety a way of life. From source to global supply chain to refrigerator, Charm is committed to developing, delivering, and supporting the very best in safety practices, technology and solutions for the dairy, food, and grain industries.

Years of Service

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From Massachusetts to Australia, Charm Sciences Provides End-to-End Food Safety Solutions

DAIRY

The issues facing the global dairy industry, coupled with an ever-shifting landscape demand that you use an agile and accurate testing methodology, tests, and equipment to meet them. 75% of the world’s raw milk is tested with one of Charm’s kits. Wherever you’re located, whether you’re testing cow, goat, sheep, or camel-based dairy products, we’ve got you covered.

FOOD & BEVERAGE

The global demand for food variety has grown, placing pressure on food suppliers at all levels. Differing regulations and standards make food safety and consistency a challenge that can be difficult to meet. In response to this need, Charm has developed a number of solutions specific to food suppliers. From Sanitation and Hygiene to Antibiotic/Mycotoxin, Pathogen and Allergen tests, we have the science-based test to give you—and your customers—peace of mind.

GRAINS

Global feed and grain challenges haven’t just hit human-products like dairy and food. Animal feed and grain has been impacted as well, leaving farmers everywhere working to address these challenges and regulations on their own. Charm helps meet this need with accurate, easy-to-perform, rapid tests for mycotoxins, antibiotics and pesticides—and more.

Unveil Groundbreaking Data Mapping & Trending Software for Environmental Monitoring

Charm Sciences, in collaboration with eBacMap, introduces a cutting-edge software tool that digitally associates ATP sanitation verification and microbial indicators, revolutionizing sanitation management in food facilities.

 

Charm/Zymo DNA/RNA Swab Tube Continues to Soar!

The Charm/Zymo swab will launch onboard SpaceX Crew making this our 7th flight into space. The Johnson Space Center (NASA) will use the sampling swabs for researching diet and gut health in space. 

 

Charm Sciences Inc. Awarded ISO 9001:2015 Recertification

We are pleased to announce our ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System (QMS) three-year recertification for the design and manufacture of microbial detection products for food safety and quality testing. 

Charm’s Peel Plate Enterobacteriaceae Test Received OMA Final Action

The AOAC-OMA / MicroVal joint validation evaluated Charm’s Peel Plate Microbial EB Test.

Charm Sciences Collaborates with MERIEUX NutriSciences EnviroMap

Charm Sciences to deliver ATP monitoring program paired with EnviroMap technology for enhanced environmental monitoring effectiveness.

 

Introducing the Charm Myco Case for Portable Mycotoxin Testing

The customizable Myco Case neatly holds everything needed to run Charm’s trusted Rapid One Step Assay (ROSA) mycotoxin tests: a Charm EZ-M system, ROSA Quad Incubator, printer, Bluetooth Adapter, centrifuge, pipettes, graduated cylinder, and all disposable supplies needed to run the test.

 

USDA-FGIS Approves Charm Sciences’ Renewal of Zearalenone Mycotoxin Test

The United States Department of Agriculture’s Federal Grain Inspection Service (USDA-FGIS) has renewed the usage of the ROSA® WET®-S5 Zearalenone Quantitative Test. USDA-FGIS operates and oversees official grain inspection services throughout the United States and will use the ZEARQ-WETS5 test for official zearalenone testing.

 

USDA-FGIS Approves Renewal and Awards 5-Year Contract for Aflatoxin Test to Charm Sciences

The United States Department of Agriculture’s Federal Grain Inspection Service (USDA-FGIS) has renewed the usage of the ROSA WET-S5 Aflatoxin Quantitative Test. This lateral flow test was first approved in 2014, again in 2017, and is reapproved for the detection of aflatoxin in barley, brown rice, corn, DDG, DDGS, hominy, sorghum, soybeans, and wheat.

 

Ready-to-Drink Coffee Beverages Validated on Charm EPIC Microbial ATP System

Ready-to-drink (RTD) coffee beverages have been validated on the Charm EPIC Microbial ATP System for use as a rapid microbial release test. Extensive testing was performed with over ten different microbial strains, all of which the EPIC successfully detected in a wide array of RTD coffee products, including black coffees, coffees with dairy creamer, and coffees with plant-based creamer.

The novaLUM II-X system makes sanitation verification, corrective action, and documentation easier than ever

 The novaLUM II-X system builds upon Charm’s trusted ATP (adenosine triphosphate) detection technology with sophisticated new software, resulting in a powerful system that not only optimizes sanitation monitoring, but utilizes collected data to help users evaluate and improve their sanitation programs. As a result, companies are able to reduce microbial challenges, improve product quality, reduce customer complaints, and extend product shelf life. 

Charm ROSA Beta-Lactam 30 Second Test Approved by the NCIMS and Certified by AOAC-RI for Screening Milk Tankers

Charm Sciences, Inc. is pleased to announce that the Charm ROSA® Beta-lactam 30 Second Test (BL30SEC) has been accepted by the 2019 National Conference of Interstate Milk Shipments for screening milk tankers according to the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance Appendix N requirements

Charm Sciences Awarded Certificate of Conformance by USDA-FGIS for Test for Feed and Grain (OCHRAQ-G)

Charm Sciences is pleased to announce that in August it was awarded a Certificate of Conformance from the United States Department of Agriculture, Federal Grain Inspection Service (USDA-FGIS) for the ROSA® Ochratoxin Quantitative Test for Feed and Grain (OCHRAQ-G).

Charm Sciences Introduces New MycoTube Portable Aflatoxin Screening Test

Charm Sciences announces the new MycoTube Portable Aflatoxin Screening test, the only five-minute field test for detection of aflatoxin in grains and feed.

The MycoTube test is simple to perform and is ideal for use in the field, as it does not require any specialized equipment, solvents, or electricity, and provides results at detection levels between 10 to 100 ppb. Results are available in as little as five minutes.

Charm Sciences Announces Peel Plate® EB Microbial Test for Use in Poultry Processing Industry

Today, Charm Sciences announces the introduction of a new AOAC – OMA- approved Peel Plate® EB Microbial Test for use in the poultry processing industry. The new test allows processing facilities to perform indicator tests onsite and provides quick, clear, and easy-to-interpret results.

Charm Sciences Awarded USDA-FGIS Certificate of Conformance for Three Minute Aflatoxin Test

ROSA WET-S3 Aflatoxin Quantitative Test (AFQ-WETS3) has been reapproved by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Federal Grain Inspection Service (USDA-FGIS) for the detection of aflatoxin in corn. The test was awarded a Certificate of Conformance by FGIS, indicating that it meets all FGIS performance requirements, and may be used for official inspection. The AFQ-WETS3 test was first approved by FGIS in 2016.

 

Meet Charm Sciences

The team at Charm Sciences has a vision—to apply science to deliver safer food to those who need it—and over the last 40 years, every one of our customers and employees play a key role in accomplishing this.

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Today, over 75% of the global raw milk supply is tested with Charm products.

The U.S. Center for Disease Control reports that unpasteurized milk is 150 times more likely to cause foodborne maladies.

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More than 50% of waterborne illnesses are caused by viral pathogens.

About 48 million people in the U.S. or 1 in 6 get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die each year.

“Our experience with the Charm products and organization have been outstanding. Their commitment to training our associates on the equipment during the start-up of the program and ongoing as new people have come to the organization has been second to none. They are extremely responsive to site/location needs for equipment and products and have been a key driver in the improvement of our Quality and Food Safety programs.”

QA Cheese Division | Fortune 100 Company

The First Test Approved for Simultaneous 
Detection of Three Antibiotic Families

Taking only 3 minutes, The Charm ROSA TRIO 2400 is the fastest 3-minute test approved for dairy milk antibiotic screening. Updated for Sulfonamide and Tetracycline drug family screening, ROSA was approved by the National Conference of Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS) and distributed by the Food and Drug Administration to state public health laboratories May 25, 2018.

TRIO is the first test approval ever for simultaneous detection of three antibiotic families, beta-lactams, sulfonamides and tetracyclines. TRIO represents the first time a single test result is able to meet both the mandatory and voluntary milk screening programs of the Pasteurized Milk Ordinance and NCIMS guidelines.