Neogen Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, is organized around products and services for food and animal safety worldwide. The firm operates through two segments, Food Safety and Animal Safety. The Food Safety segment offers diagnostic test kits and complementary products to detect dangerous and/or unintended substances in human food and animal feed, such as foodborne pathogens, spoilage organisms, natural toxins, food allergens, genetic modifications, ruminant by-products, meat speciation, drug and pesticide residues, and general sanitation concerns; and AccuPoint Advanced rapid sanitation test for adenosine triphosphate, a chemical found in living cells. This segment offers its products primarily to food and feed processors, meat and poultry processors, seafood processors, fruit and vegetable producers, grain producers and processors, and dairies; laboratories; producers of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, veterinary vaccines, and nutraceutical products; and various regulatory agencies. The Animal Safety segment provides pharmaceuticals, rodenticides, disinfectants, vaccines, veterinary instruments, topicals, diagnostic products, and genetic testing services to the animal safety market. This segment?s drug detection immunoassay test kits are used for the detection of abused and therapeutic drugs in farm animals and racing animals; detection of drug residues in meat and meat products; and human forensic toxicology drug screening applications. Its products are also used to maintain sanitary conditions and limit the potential hazards of bacteria, fungi, and viruses. In addition, this segment offers various products for researchers to detect biologically active substances. The company sells its products directly, as well as through distributors and retail chains.
