Dr. Bradley's Legacy

Dr. Bruce Bradley, founder of Microbial-Vac Systems, and inventor of the Microbial-Vac was a brilliant scientist, inventor, and business owner.  In the early 1990's after the notorious E. coli 0157:H7 outbreak that killed 6 children and made many others sick, Dr. Bradley began his initial work to develop the M-Vac.  He believed that sampling was the weakest link in the food safety process, and hoped that by creating an improved sampling method, the food chain would become safer.  He hoped that the M-Vac would prevent another child from being lost due to unsafe food. 

Dr. Bradley was a  Ph.D. graduate in nutrition/biochemistry from Washington State University in 1977.  In the years that followed he served as founder and President of North West Labs, Inc, member of the Idaho State Department of Agriculture Pesticide Laboratory Quality control Oversight Committee, acted as a Commercial Animal Science & Agriculture Consultant, Corporate Founding Partner with NASA FTCSC (Food Technology Commercial Space Center), and CEO and President of Microbial-Vac Systems, Inc.  Bradley regularly spoke presenting his research in sampling and bacterial collection and is published in industry journals.   He has also received eleven grants to include three Phase III grants to further his work and research.  Dr. Bradley received the 2008 Innovation in Food Safety Award in July 2008.  

Sadly, Dr. Bradley passed away March 6, 2009 after a courageous battle with a brain tumor.  Though he is greatly missed, Dr. Bradley's legacy will long be remembered at MSI and throughout the scientific community for his brilliance, dedication, and hard work.