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According to the Spanish Royal Decree law 10/2020, from the 29th of March the population´s mobility is restricted to essential activities preventing spread of COVID-19 further.   Zeulab as a manufacturer of food diagnostic tests is key to the food chain supply helping to ensure food safety and quality. We continue working as usual, taken preventing and safety measures to protect employees and the rest of the public. {{cta('42b0e4a2-6e2f-4a0c-b3b7-769bdf5d1387','justifycenter')}} Please, contact us if you have any questions

The “ONE HEALTH” -initiative only one health- headed by the main human, animal and environmental international organizations such as, WHO (World health organization), FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) or OIE (World Organization for Animal Health) promote collaborations among different specialists from all fields to achieve better results in HEALTH.   According to OIE, 60% of human infectious diseases are transmitted from animals and at least 75% of pathogenic organisms come from animals. Antimicrobial resistance currently responsible for 33.000 deaths in Europe, can be one of the main problems to human health in coming decades, according to the WHO. Today, more than ever, we need an approach where different disciplines such as human health, animal health, food safety and environmental safety are joint together. Everything is connected and so, our efforts should bind together to prevent zoonoses, food safety problems, epidemies or antibiotic resistance. Food industry and the agricultural sector are demonstrating their ability to supply the population with the required food even in these extremely difficult times. Responsible personnel to assure food safety and quality are also key to protect consumers´ health. Biotechnology companies such ZEULAB are part the “One Health” initiative. Our team of professionals is committed with the development of effective diagnostic solutions. So, farmers and food industry can analyse pathogens, allergens, toxins and antibiotics with fast and easy tests to guarantee safe and good quality foods to consumers.

This Prize is intended to award the companies that have been recognized for their support to research, innovation or knowledge transfer in Aragón. Pilar Alegría, Innovation Advisor, Research and University of the Aragon Government, was responsible for awarding the private sector granting the prize to Zeulab. Luis Mata, our Technical Director received the award at the Caixaforum building in Zaragoza. In his speech, Luis Mata, thanked the recognition and remarked the award is “a boost to our company is self-steem”. He also remarked the experience of the company with 24 years of life, highlighting of its staff (10 PhDs, 14 graduates or with masters degrees of a total of 40 workers.) From the start, Zeulab has collaborated with public research centres. As a result, we have been able to accelerate the development and market-placing of our new products. Zeulab has collaborated with public research centres in the development of most of its 30 projects. Zeulab also has participated in 28 scientific publications (6 of them in 2018), more than 80% of them in collaboration with others public researching groups. Thanks to this effort, from the beginning of our activity at Zeulab we have developed more than 50 innovative products commercialized in 40 countries around the world, providing differential elements in the market making than unique or with novel technical features.

At Zeulab we think that cooperation, solidarity and development must be the three pillars in our business philosophy. For this reason, for years, we have been collaborating with different NGOs transmitting our commitment to eradicate the inequalities and mobilize consciousness as well. This year, the cooperation will take place with Action Against Hunger; NGOs that works fighting again the consequences and causes of malnutrition in over 40 countries. More than 5,000 humanitarian professionals share a vision: a world without hunger. The vision of AAH is a world without hunger, because we are the first generation that can achieve this; moreover its goal is to save lives by erasing hunger through prevention, detection and treatment of malnutrition. In addition, since 2012 they also work in Spain on issues of entrepreneurship and employability. Everything collected through this collaboration campaign will go to the general activity of Action Against Hunger, and its projects to combat child malnutrition, water and sanitation and income generation in more than 50 developing countries. WATER: We aim to guarantee access to water and basic sanitation, which are both necessary for the life and development of communities SANITATION: When faced with health risks, our aim focuses on reducing diseases related to poor water, hygiene and sanitation conditions HYGIENE: Hygiene promotion is related to improved quality of life through awareness-raising campaigns NUTRITION: Good nutrition is the foundation of human well-being and will contribute to improving problems associated with poverty, health, education, gender differences and employment. HEALTH: We treat the conditions linked to malnutrition and prevent nutritional deterioration that could lead to illness. FOOD SECURITY: The availability, access and consumption of nutritional food guarantees food security. LIVELIHOOD: Our livelihood interventions aim to guarantee people’s dignity without having to depend on external aid. From Zeulab we have been working and developing tests for the detection of antibiotics for many years and we know how important their correct use is. The detection of antibiotics as well as avoiding the abusive use of them can prevent serious harm of food, for both human and animal. It should be noted that from the scientific and medical world is being denounced the risk posed to people and animals by the increasing inefficiency of some of the main antibiotics due to the development of antibiotics in the bacteria that cause the diseases. So much so that the World Health Organization (WHO) considers this problem among the three most serious health risks that humanity must be fancing in the coming decades. Our line of antibiotic detection allows the detection of inhibitory substances in various foods and matrices (milk, meat, liver, kidney, eggs or feed). The test is based on the inhibition of microbial growth and allows simple and rapid differentiation of samples containing antimicrobial residues above the detection limits of the test. In the framework of our collaboration with Action Against Hunger, our commitment will be to donate part of the sales of the product lines for the detection of antibiotics: Explorer, Equinox, Eclipse and also e-Reader, thus combating our efforts to combat all situations of hunger that exist. If you are interested in collaborating with Action Against Hunger, you can get in touch directly with the NGO or consult all intervention options on their website.

Zeulab has carried out a CSR campaign with the Vicente Ferrer Foundation during 2017. The campaign consisted in assigning 1€ to the Foundation for each Explorer kit sold in the last year. The entire amount was donated for improving the education quality in India, for children with cerebral palsy in Kuderu (the Foundation’s Centre in India). Doctor Elena Dominguez, Sales & Marketing Director at Zeulab, gave the donation to Julia López-Madrazo, Vicente Ferrer Foundation’s agent in Aragon. Thank you to all our customers, partners and everybody who has helped with this campaign. In addition, we want to invite everybody to collaborate with Zeulab in future solidary campaigns. Muchas gracias a todos nuestros clientes que nos han ayudado con esta causa, además queremos aprovechar para invitar a todos aquellos que quiera seguir colaborando con nosotros en las futuras iniciativas sociales que desde Zeulab seguiremos implementando. If you are interested in giving a donation, supporting or collaborating with the Vicente Ferrer Foundation, please visit their webpage.

At Zeulab we believe that cooperation, solidarity and development must be fundamental pillars in business philosophy. For this reason, for years, we have been collaborating with different NGOs transmitting our commitment to eradicate the inequalities and mobilize consciousness as well. This year, the cooperation will take place with the Vicente Ferrer Foundation; NGOs committed to the improvement of the living conditions of the most disadvantaged communities in India. India is a very complex country where more than 1,295 million people. According to the World Bank about 300 million people live under the poverty line, i.e., on less than $1.25 a day. The FVF works on the causes of the problems and collaborates with communities to provide sustainable solutions that meet the real needs of the population. The main areas of activity of the Foundation are the States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, but over the years they have expanded their intervention to new areas within those States, making it so their project benefit more people living in extreme poverty every day. In addition, the general objective of the FVF Health Sector to provide access to a proper healthcare network proper, to medicines and the infrastructure necessary to improve the quality of life in the most disadvantaged populations. In Zeulab we know very well how important the use of antibiotics can be on many occasions, in the same way that we are very aware of the importance that its correct use has. The detection of antibiotics as well as avoiding the abusive use of them, can prevent serious damage to human and animal health. The voices in the scientific and medical fields that warn of the real risk posed by the growing ineffectiveness of some of the major antibiotics due to the development of antibioresistance in bacteria that cause disease are numerous. So much so that the World Health Organization considers this problem amongst the three most serious health risks which humanity must face in the coming decades. EXPLORER 2.0 is a qualitative diagnostic kit that allows the detection of inhibitory substances in a range of food and matrices (meat, liver, kidney, eggs or feed). The test is based on the inhibition of microbial growth and allows to differentiate from a simple and quick way of samples containing Antimicrobial residues above the limits of detection of the test. In the framework of our cooperation with the FVF, our commitment will be donate €1 for every sale of this kit, joining in this way our efforts to combat all these issues. If you are interested in collaborating with the Vicente Ferrer Foundation, you can get in touch directly with the Foundation or consult all intervention options on their Web site.