Hygiena to Acquire Food Safety Diagnostics Business from DuPont

<p style="text-align: left;" dir="ltr">DuPont Nutrition &amp; Health announced Hygiena will acquire DuPont&rsquo;s global food safety diagnostics business. The acquisition includes all of DuPont Diagnostics business assets, including the BAX&reg; and RiboPrinter&reg; Systems and associated test kits; a global and technically trained sales, R&amp;D and manufacturing organization; and in-house production capacity. The business was formed by DuPont in 1992 as Qualicon, and Hygiena will retain the Qualicon name.</p>