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Title:

Grant Agreement for the Innovative Solutions Canada Program, Project - Bistro

Agreement Number:

Agreement Value:

$149,645.73

Agreement Date:

Mar 31, 2021 - Sep 30, 2021

Description:

This project involves the development of an ultra-portable low-cost platform for the rapid and accurate detection of foodborne pathogenic bacteria in food products and samples from food production. The innovation uses on-site sample preparation tools with an integrated enrichment step to extract nucleic acids from different contaminated sample types and highly-sensitive loop-mediated isothermal amplification coupled with digital lateral flow devices to deliver reliable detection results in less than 2 hours.

Organization:

Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Expected Results:

This Phase 1 Innovative Solutions Canada grant is for the development of a proof-of-concept of an innovation to detect food borne pathogenic bacteria using field deployable instruments.

Location:

Guelph , Ontario, CA N1H 6J2

Reference Number:

206-2020-2021-Q4-06951

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

For-profit organization

Recipient's Legal Name:

Precision Biomonitoring Inc.

Program:

Innovative Solutions Canada

Program Purpose:

Through the Innovative Solutions Canada program, the Government of Canada partners with eligible Canadian small businesses to facilitate the early development, testing and validation of prototypes, as well as preparing a pathway to commercialization.