Natural food preservation specialist Purac says its new Listeria Control Model 2012 software combines a wide range of food parameters with more than 2,500 Listeria monocytogenes growth curves and is the only online predictive modeling tool dedicated to Listeria control. Listeria Control Model 2012 introduces Purac’s latest safety solutions adapted to ongoing market developments. Designed to accelerate time-to-market by cutting the cost and duration of R&D, the new software has been updated to maximize user-friendliness, with a new freely-available web interface and PDF report generator. The report, generated at each calculation stage, provides detailed final growth predictions, as well as recommendations on Purac’s Listeria control solutions. – Purac, www.purac.com/lcm