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ABOUT OUR ELISA KIT COMPANY

Beacon Biotech Company

Beacon Analytical Systems, Inc. is an ELISA biotechnology company and ELISA kit supplier located in Saco, Maine, USA. Beacon currently occupies 10,000 sq. ft. of combined laboratory and office space, where it houses both research and development and manufacturing operations. As America's top ELISA kit distributor, our QC laboratory is accredited to the ISO/IEC 17025:2017 standard (certificate # 5433.01) by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) for a defined scope and the operation of the laboratory quality management system.

Since 1996, Beacon Analytical, the USA's #1 ELISA kits manufacturer, has specialized in the production of immunodiagnostic test kits for environmental, agriculture, and food safety markets. Our ELISA assay kit company has developed a number of immunoassay test kits in each of these areas with select kits possessing U.S. EPA ETV verifications, USDA GIPSA certifications, and AOAC validations. Outside of ELISA detection kits, Beacon also provides contract method development for companies requiring custom methods specific to their E L I S A test needs. 

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ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Accreditation

December 6th, 2019

Beacon Analytical Systems, Inc. is proud to announce that our QC laboratory is now accredited to the International Organization for Standardization/ International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) 17025:2017 standard (certificate # 5433.01) by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) for a defined scope and the operation of the laboratory quality management system. The ISO/IEC 17025:2017 standard encompasses and expands upon the ISO 9001:2015 requirements with a greater emphasis on laboratory operational competency and generation of valid results. We encourage you to view our scope of accreditation so you can take advantage of the new services we have to offer! Our laboratory has always been committed to providing exceptional products and services and ISO/IEC 17025:2017 reaffirms that commitment. We look forward to using our new accreditation to further serve you!

Valid until November 30th, 2021

Beacon's Aflatoxin Plate Kit Has Been Published in the Journal of AOAC International

The performance of Beacon's AOAC PTM granted Aflatoxin Plate Kit was published in the Journal of AOAC International, Vol 94, No 5, 1519-1530, 2011. "Aflatoxin Plate Kit, Performance Tested MethodSM 081003". Beacon's kit was independently tested, evaluated, and certified by the AOAC Research Institute as a Performance Tested MethodSM.


Beacon's Microcystin Tube and Plate Kits Officially Completed the U.S. EPA ETV Program

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) created the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Program in 1995 which verifies the performance of innovative technologies that have the potential to improve protection of human health and the environment. ETV accelerates the entrance of new environmental technologies into domestic and international market places. ETV's goal is well described as "The goal of ETV is to provide credible performance data for commercial-ready environmental technologies to speed their implementation for the benefit of purchasers, permitters, vendors, financers, and the public".

Beacon's AOAC PTM-Granted Aflatoxin Kit Was Published in the AOAC Magazine, Inside Laboratory Management.

March/April, 2011

Beacon's Aflatoxin Plate Kit has achieved the AOAC Performance Tested Methodssm (PTM) granted by the AOAC Research Institute. It was officially announced in AOAC Magazine, Inside Laboratory Management (March/April 2011). This article shows good correlation between the Beacon kit and the HPLC reference method. Also, it was addressed that the testing results for corn samples were within the acceptable precision limits set by the USDA's Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA). In the near future, this will be published in the Journal of AOAC (Fall 2011).

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