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By Ry Crozier on Jul 29, 2021 10:51AM ODIN PASS breaks cover. University of Queensland staff and students will participate in a year-long mobility-as-a-service trial that will allow them to plan, book and pay for multi-modal trips through an app. The trial app is called ODIN PASS and its development is being co-led with the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR). ODIN PASS covers multi-modal trips made on TransLink public transport, taxis, rideshare, car-share and e-scooters and e-bikes. Private operators including Neuron, 13CABS and GoGet have also signed on as transport options. The technology itself comes from vendor SkedGo. Trial participants can “subscribe to monthly transport plans and bundles to pay for services through the app, which will offer discounts and reward points on selected modes of transport,” the university said in a statement. ....
Smiths Detection Granted AOAC Certification for Listeria Assay (16 Feb 2021) Smiths Detection has been granted an AOAC International Performance Test Method (PTM) program certification number 122005 for its Listeria Canary assay. Listeria is a bacteria which causes Listeriosis. The relatively rare infection usually goes away on its own, but can cause serious problems to those with a weak immune system and pregnant women. The assay, used in the company’s Zephyr pathogen identifier, gives F&B companies a new solution to quickly screen and protect against dangerous pathogens that are a common contaminate of concern in food-processing environments. The Listeria assay was validated through the AOAC ....