Mérieux NutriSciences is a global company specializing in Food safety, quality, and sustainability testing, consulting, and training services. It is a subsidiary of Institut Mérieux and operates over 140 laboratories in approximately 32 countries, serving more than 10,000 employees worldwide. The company is headquartered in

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(United States) and Tassin‑la‑Demi‑Lune (France). With a legacy business in Food microbiology, Mérieux NutriSciences business is mainly focused on solutions for the food sector, addressing the needs of raw materials & ingredients suppliers, food manufacturers, processors, but also caterers and retail companies. The company also operates in packaging and pharmaceutical quality management.

History

* 1967: Creation by Dr. John H. Silliker in Chicago of the company Silliker, a food focused solutions company. * 1997: Acquisition of Silliker by

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* 2011: The Group is officially named Mérieux NutriSciences * 2025: Acquisition of the Food testing business of

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, including a joint venture with AsureQuality - resulting in the company enlarging its footprint to 32 countries and doubling its footprint in Canada and Asia-Pacific. In 1897, Marcel Mérieux, a student of

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, founded

. The Institut Mérieux was then directed by Dr. Charles Mérieux and later by Alain Mérieux and became the leader in the field of human and veterinary vaccines. Until 1994, the Mérieux family managed several companies in this area before withdrawing from the vaccinology work. Meanwhile in Chicago, Silliker, a company in the field of food safety and quality was created in 1967 by Dr. John H. Silliker, a microbiologist known for his work on Salmonella. The

Mérieux Family The Mérieux family is an entrepreneurial dynasty from Lyon, France, owners of the Institut Mérieux holding, founders of companies such as Sanofi Pasteur, bioMérieux (in vitro diagnostics) and Mérial (veterinary activity), but also of the found ...

acquired Siliker in the 1990s. The company was renamed Mérieux NutriSciences in 2011.

Acquisitions

Mérieux NutriSciences has completed more than 50 acquisitions since 2007. The company has a worldwide presence, with sites in

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More recent acquisitions

2019

* Swiss Food (

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) * KTBA (

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References

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