Food process validation is a procedure used for checking that a process meets the requirements to produce safe food, which means food is free from pathogens. Producing safe food relies on an kill step which is responsible for killing the pathogens in a constant and efficient manner. Different types of kill steps are used by the food industry to achieve such goals, a good number of them relying on heat (baking, roasting, blanching, extrusion, burning etc.) but also chemical interventions like ozone, irradiation etc. Novolyze is able to provide straightforward solutions to select an effective kill step and have it validated. Our range of surrogate organisms are easy-to-use and offer all the advantages of being in a dried form. The compatibility of SurroNov® surrogates has been verified for a wide range of processing technologies, pathogens and food products including: