The MIT-1000 Will Showcase at Malaysian Microbiology Symposium
December 05 2012 - 8:00AM
Marketwired
Micro Imaging Technology, Inc. (OTCQB: MMTC) announced a
collaboration with Biotek Sdn. Bhd., to exhibit the MIT-1000 rapid
microbial identification system, at the 31st Symposium of the
Malaysian Society for Microbiology. The symposium will be held in
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia from December 13 through the 15th
this year and will address contemporary topics on microbiology from
both national and regional perspectives.
The Malaysian Society for Microbiology is one of the oldest
Societies in Malaysia. It was established forty years ago and
today, remains one of the oldest and largest life science
membership organizations with members from over 20 disciplines of
microbiological specialization such as infectious diseases and
agro-disease control, among other areas. "We were pleased to have
Biotek MALAYSIA and Dr. LC Chai from University of Malaya visit our
facility last month and thrilled when asked to team up to unveil
the MIT-1000 at this year's event," stated Jeff Nunez, President
and CEO of Micro Imaging Technology, Inc. "Biotek came on board as
our Malaysian and our ASEAN distributor in 2009 and had purchased
an MIT-1000 Demo System. The System was recently upgraded to the
new MIT-1000 commercial system standard which will be showcased.
Biotek has an excellent track record in sales, marketing and
distribution of scientific products in microbiology and life
science in ASEAN countries. They will do real justice to spreading
the word on our breakthrough technology in this forum," Nunez
continued.
The MIT-1000 is a stand-alone, optically-based, software driven
system that can detect pathogenic bacteria and complete an
identification test in less than five (5) minutes for pennies per
test. According to MIT's Chief Scientist, David Haavig, PhD, "In
the US alone, around 76 million cases of food-borne illnesses,
resulting in 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths, are
estimated to occur each year. The leading cause of these illnesses
and deaths are three main strains of bacteria: E. coli, Salmonella,
and Listeria. Rapid identification of these disease-causing
pathogens in food is critical to the health and safety of all
consumers."
About: Biotek Sdn. Bhd.
Biotek actively engages as the ASEAN regional sole distributor
for research-based products and has successfully established highly
active and expanded distribution partnerships throughout ASEAN
countries comprising Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei,
Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar. With
this distribution network, Biotek aims to provide consistent
marketing, technical and service support to all of its customers
and distributors throughout ASEAN. It has an established in-house
laboratory in Malaysia for conducting related workshops and
industrial training in the research and scientific techniques of
microbiology and life sciences. This in-house laboratory also
provides biochemical microbial ID service and is the center for
hands-on training and meeting for all its ASEAN distribution
partners and for current as well as prospective customers. Biotek
has joint research projects with some local universities and
research institutions in Malaysia and hopes to further strengthen
its research programs throughout the ASEAN region.
About: Micro Imaging Technology, Inc.
MIT recently announced that it has received U.S. Patent Office
approval of its new trademark Micro Identification
Technologies® under which the Company
plans to market its innovative Rapid Microbial Identification
System, the MIT-1000.
MIT is a California-based public company that is also registered
to do business under the name Micro Identification
Technologies -- a name that more closely corresponds to the
process and results achieved by the MIT-1000. MIT has developed and
patented a Microbial Identification System that revolutionizes the
pathogenic bacteria diagnostic process and can annually save
thousands of lives and tens of millions of dollars in health care
costs. The MIT-1000 identifies bacteria in minutes, not days, and
at a significant per test cost savings when compared to any other
conventional method. It does not rely on chemical or biological
agents, conventional processing, fluorescent tags, gas
chromatography or DNA analysis. The process requires only clean
particle-free water and a sample of the unknown bacteria. Revenues
for all rapid testing methods exceed $5 billion annually -- with
food safety accounting for over $3.5 billion, which is expected to
surpass $4.7 billion by 2015 according to BCC Research. In
addition, the recently passed "New" U.S. Food Safety Bill is
expected to further accelerate the current annual growth rate of
6.6 percent.
You can find more information about our company and about Micro
Identification Technologies™. Please visit our newly enhanced
website at www.micro-identification.com.
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inability to expand our operations to support increased growth; and
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