About Us
At Hygiena®, we are passionate about creating innovative, best-in-class One Health Diagnostics® solutions that promote food safety throughout the value chain. Our cutting-edge molecular rapid tests and analysis tools for food safety, veterinary diagnostics, and hygiene monitoring have the power to prevent illness, save lives, and ultimately make the world a safer and healthier place for all.
Hygiena delivers rapid microbial detection, monitoring, and identification solutions to a wide range of industries, including food and beverage, healthcare, hospitality, pharmaceuticals, and personal care. Utilizing advanced technologies and patented designs, Hygiena provides industry-leading ATP monitoring systems, PCR-based pathogen and non-pathogen detection and characterization systems, allergen tests, environmental collection devices, and more. Hygiena is committed to the mission of providing customers with high-quality, innovative technologies that are easy-to-use and reliable, backed by excellent customer service and support. Headquartered in Camarillo, California, with multiple offices around the world, including Wilmington, Delaware, United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Brazil and China, and over 180 distributors in more than 100 countries worldwide, Hygiena-branded products span the globe.
Our Mission: We create innovative diagnostics for a healthier world
We are Hygiena
One Health Diagnostics®
Affiliate Offices
As a global leader in food safety solutions and One Health Diagnostics, we have affiliate offices worldwide to support you with your testing requirements. Our newest offices are found in Brazil and Australia; they are ready to assist you today.
Hygiena History
Backed by decades of proven expertise in food safety and diagnostic innovation, Hygiena provides the trusted technologies that help ensure quality, safeguard health, and advance global well-being.
Hygiena® was formed with the goal of becoming a global leader in rapid industrial diagnostics.
Launch of SnapShot™ Universal ATP test, SpotCheck Plus and PRO-Clean® color tests for product residues. SnapShot became the first ATP testing device with liquid-stable chemistry.
SystemSURE II ATP System and UltraSnap® Surface ATP Tests are introduced. This novel system combined state-of-the-art electronics with a compact design to produce the most sensitive and accurate system on the market.
Launch of foodproof® Beer Screening Kit (detecting more than 30 species in a single test).
BAX® System Q7 PCR instrument introduced.
The ATP Next Generation, the SystemSURE II luminometer, is launched: SystemSURE Plus®.
InSite® Listeria: Launch of new chromogenic bacteria test for Listeria spp.
Launch of foodproof® 5’ Nuclease kits.
Launch of foodproof® Enterobacteriaceae plus E. sakazakii Kit + Reagent D.
Hygiena® Shanghai is established in Asia, Oceania.
BIOTECON Diagnostics, founded in 1998, establishes a worldwide distribution network.
Hygiena enters the healthcare market to help hospitals verify cleaning and reduce healthcare-associated infection rates.
Launch of automated food analysis system, foodproof® RoboPrep®.
EnSURE® Monitoring System is introduced as the next generation of the SystemSURE Plus® and is the first luminometer to run ATP tests and rapid microorganism tests, such as
E. coli, Coliform, EB and Total Viable Count.
Launch of own software solution for automated PCR.
AOAC Research Institute Performance Tested MethodsSM (PTM) #100601 approval for foodproof® E. coli O157 Detection Kit.
AOAC RI PTM approval for foodproof® Listeria monocytogenes Detection Kit.
MicroSnap® Total, a rapid testing platform, launched. Designed for Total Viable Count testing, provided results in 7 hours or less, significantly reducing time compared to traditional methods.
MicroVal® approval for foodproof® Salmonella.
AOAC-RI PTM approval for MicroSnap® Coliform and MicroSnap® E. coli tests.
Launch of foodproof® STEC Identification Kit.
Launch of foodproof® Allergen kits.
Combining Hygiena's convenient sample collection swab design and classic lateral flow technology, AllerFlow Gluten is launched to make gluten testing easier than ever before.
Launch of the BAX® System X5 to provide PCR pathogen detection to a wider range of food companies worldwide.
AOAC RI PTM approval for MicroSnap® Total.
InSite® Salmonella launched.
Launch of foodproof® Yeast & Mold Quantification LyoKit.
Acquired DuPont Qualicon Business, BAX® and RiboPrinter® Systems, reaffirming commitment to science-based innovation.
Hygiena Mexico and Hygiena Singapore are established.
Launch of RoboPrep® Fusion.
Launch of foodproof® Norovirus plus Hepatitis A Virus Detection Kit.
Launch of microproof® Legionella Quantification Kit.
Churchill Applied Biotechnology for cell culture viral antigen production.
Hygiena acquires Celsis Dairy, Food & Beverage division from Charles River, expanding dairy and beverage portfolio globally.
Hygiena buys Biomedal to strengthen allergen portfolio.
Hygiena Canada and Hygiena Spain are established.
Hygiena acquires the Innovate™ Rapid Microbial Screening System.
Launch of vetproof® Salmonella veterinary kits.
Launch of foodproof® Spoilage Yeast kits.
Launched EnSURE® Touch, SureTrend® software, advancing commitment to next-generation solutions, leading the way for hygiene monitoring for One Health Diagnostics®.
Hygiena® acquires Helica® Biosystems, Inc. to add Mycotoxin and immunoassay food safety tests.
Introduction of Dualo 32® Cycler.
AOAC RI PTM approval for foodproof® Listeria monocytogenes Detection LyoKit.
AOAC RI PTM approval for foodproof® STEC Screening and Identification LyoKits.
Launch of InSITE® L. mono Glo screening test.
EW Group acquires Hygiena to form a leading food safety, veterinary and environmental diagnostics solutions company.
Hygiena trademarks One Health Diagnostics®.
Autosampler III launched.
Innovate™ System updated.
Recipient of 2021 IAFP Food Safety Innovation Award for BAX® System SalQuant®.
NordVal approval for foodproof® Listeria LyoKit and Salmonella Genus plus Enteritidis and Typhimurium Detection LyoKit.
CE-IVD certificates for microproof® SARS-CoV-2.
Prep Xpress liquid handling automation platform launched.
Hygiena France is established.
Hygiena Brazil is established.
foodproof® Animal Identification 2 LyoKit launched.
foodproof Spoilage Yeast 3 Detection LyoKit launched.
VetAssure™ ATP Surface launched for biosecurity verification.
Launch of AlerTox® Sticks Milk, Peanut, Sesame, Soy Plus, and GlutenTox® ELISA G12 Competitive.
AOAC RI PTM certification extension for MicroSnap® Total on EnSURE® Touch.
FGIS certification for Helica® DON ELISA.
AOAC RI PTM approval for ZymoSnap.
Quantification Portfolio Expansion: SalQuant® ListeriaQuant™ VibrioQuant™ Quant™ Solution Quant™ Online.
Launch of RapiScreen™ Beverage Kit.
Autosampler III receives the 2022 Product of the Year award from Applied Microbiology International.
AOAC RI PTM Extensions.
BAX® Real-Time Salmonella Assay Extension for Cannabis Matrices.
BAX® Real-Time STEC and E. coli O157:H7 Assays Extension for Cannabis Matrices.
SalQuant™ Application Extension for 7 Matrices.
NordVal Certifications: foodproof® Listeria + L. mono Detection LyoKit, foodproof® Salmonella SE/ST Detection LyoKit.
MicroVal Certification: foodproof® Enterobacteriaceae plus Salmonella Multiplex Detection Kit.
AOAC RI PTM and U.S. Patent awarded for SalQuant® and BAX® System quantification portfolio.
Allergen Tests integrated with EnSURE® Touch and SureTrend® for real time data analysis and trending.
Quantification portfolio expansion of SalQuant®, ListeriaQuant™, Quant™ Solution and Quant™ Online.
MicroVal certification: foodproof® Enterobacteriaceae plus Salmonella Multiplex Detection Kit.
AOAC RI PTM approval granted to ZymoSnap.
RapiScreen™ Beverage Kit received AOAC RI certifications.
Hygiena Australia is established.
Acquisition of Nexcor Food Safety Technologies, including KLEANZ® and CAMS-PM solutions to manage sanitation & equipment maintenance.
Received AOAC RI PTM for GlutenTox® ELISA Rapid G12 Kit.
AOAC PTM certification for InSite® Salmonella and BAX® Real-Time Salmonella Assay extension for cannabis matrices.
Handheld portable plate reader launched for Allergens and Toxins.
AOAC PTM SalQuant® application extension for 7 matrices.
Sustainability Milestone: Transitioned Innovate™ packaging from Styrofoam to recyclable cardboard, reducing Styrofoam use by 90%, lowering CO2 emissions and cutting freight costs by 10%.
Enhanced AlerTox® Sticks Peanut launched to deliver lab-grade allergen detection in a portable, easy-to-use format with results in 10 minutes.
Launched first-ever ISO 16140-2 validated multiplex real-time PCR foodproof® Assay for simultaneous detection of Salmonella and Cronobacter – setting a new benchmark in infant formula safety.
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