Jerome, Idaho Business Owner, Dr. Bruce Bradley, owner of Microbial-Vac Systems, Inc., Earns International Recognition for Innovative Product

Dr. Bruce Bradley, owner of Microbial-Vac Systems, Inc. http://www.m-vac.com (MSI) has been selected as the recipient of the 2008 Food Safety Innovation Award by the International Association for Food Protection. Dr. Bradley is receiving recognition for the invention of the Microbial-Vac, a portable, innovative wet-vacuum surface pathogen collection and retention system.

The award will be presented at the association’s 95th annual meeting next month in Columbus, Ohio. According to the press release on the IAFP website (http://www.foodprotection.org), the Food Safety Innovation Award acknowledges Dr. Bradley for “creating a new idea, practice, or product that has had a positive impact on food safety, thus, improving public health and the quality of life.” The association has over 3,000 members from 50 countries around the world.

Recalling his father’s reaction to the award, Jared Bradley, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for MSI noted, "I have never seen him more proud. Receiving the Innovation Award not only showed him that his food safety peers recognized him as an important player in the food safety arena, but it also validated his life’s work.”

The MSI System combines sterile surface liquid rinse and wet-vacuum collection systems to allow users such as field soldiers and food safety monitoring teams to more accurately and safely locate and retrieve possible bio-agent or food surface pathogens.

Research and development of the MSI system began over ten years ago using Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense.

“This award acknowledges the dedication and determination of the Microbial-Vac team” said Rick Ritter, CEO of Idaho TechConnect http://www.idahotechconnect.com . “Dr. Bradley saw a need and has worked tirelessly to bring a solution to market.”

In late 2007, Microbial-Vac Systems began marketing the first commercial version of the M-Vac system nation wide. The company, headquartered in Jerome with an office in Salt Lake City, Utah, employs 16 people and is seeking to expand by years-end as production of the M-Vac system ramps up.

About Microbial-Vac Systems, Inc.

Microbial-Vac Systems, Inc. (MSI) founded in 2002 in Jerome, ID, is a young start up company now moving steadily into national and international markets. MSI’s unique approach to protecting human lives is opening new horizons for the company and the Jerome area through improved bio-technology to locate, collect and help identify surface contamination such as E. coli bacteria. Dr. Bruce Bradley has owned and operated a small business in Jerome for over 25 years, serving the area with microbiology laboratory services primarily directed to identifying pathogenic bacteria in animals. For more information about MSI, contact Jared Bradley at 801-523-3962 or go to http://www.m-vac.com.