SGS opened a new food microbiological testing laboratory at its Fairfield, N.J., headquarters location.

The food industry is likely to stimulate the food pathogen testing market size, which was pegged at a valuation of $3 billion in 2016, according to a study produced by Global Market Insights, Inc., Ocean View, Del.

MilliporeSigma, Billerica, Mass., acquired BioControl Systems Inc., a Bellevue, Wash.-based leader in food safety testing.