Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Neogen Is No Bad Egg

There seems to be a sad inevitability to food safety scares in the United States. While the latest outbreak revolved around contaminated chicken eggs, it has not been all that long since numerous people were sickened by bad peanut butter, jalapeno peppers, ground meat or scallions. In fact, the CDC estimates that one in four Americans experiences food poisoning every year (those "24-hour flu" cases are far more likely to be food poisoning). 

Given the huge potential consequences to a brand or business being associated with food poisoning, it may be surprising that food safety testing is not a larger business in the United States. Yet, it is big enough to make Neogen (Nasdaq:NEOG) an interesting business. 


Click the link for the full article:
http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2010/Neogen-Is-No-Bad-Egg-NEOG-PFE-ABT-BIO-HSY-GPRO0928.aspx

Please note - a mistake was made in the editing process and an editor accidentally replaced Merck KGaA with Merck (MRK) as the owner of Millipore. I've pointed this out and it should be corrected shortly. 

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