eMerge Interactive, Inc., Sebastian, Fla., and Excel Corporation, a Wichita, Kan.-based beef processor and a wholly owned subsidiary of Cargill Incorporated, form an agreement to integrate eMerge's VerifEYE[TM] meat inspection system into Excel's beef operations. (Marketing News).

eMerge Interactive, Inc., Sebastian, Fla., and Excel Corporation, a Wichita, Kan.-based beef processor and a wholly owned subsidiary of Cargill Incorporated, form an agreement to integrate eMerge's VerifEYE[TM] meat inspection system into Excel's beef operations. The system is designed to help detect even minute traces of the organic contamination that can harbor such bacteria as E. coli. The VerifEYE[TM] technology was developed and patented by scientists at Iowa State University and the Agricultural Research Service of the USDA, and emerge Interactive holds exclusive rights to its commercialization.