A Pioneer in Aseptic and Representative Sampling For the Dairy and Liquid Food Industries
Since 1983, QualiTru Sampling Systems (formerly known as QMI) has been the pioneering leader in the science of aseptic and representative sampling. The company is widely recognized for its expertise and commitment to building awareness of aseptic sampling as a critical means of ensuring consumer health and food safety. For over three decades, QualiTru has been helping the dairy and liquid food industries produce safe, quality products through innovative sampling technologies that are easy-to-use, versatile, and cost-effective.
QualiTru has built a strong and trusted reputation for expertise, quality, education, and training over the past 40+ years.
Darrell Bigalke
QualiTru Sampling Systems, formerly known as Quality Management Inc. (QMI), was founded in 1983 by Darrell Bigalke. After ten years with Ecolab, he seized the opportunity to carry the QualiTru technology to support his dairy food safety consulting business. Drawing from his extensive knowledge of the dynamics of microbial contamination, he played a central role in helping shape the establishment and adoption of the new testing standards in the dairy industry after two dairy-related tragedies that occurred in 1985.
Mr. Bigalke focused his new company on the singular mission of promoting aseptic sample testing for the dairy industry, extending far beyond final product testing, which is limited in identifying in-process risks, such as biofilms, and cannot lead to process improvements.
Today, QualiTru’s systems are considered the most trusted method for gathering aseptic and representative milk samples for testing and are used by thousands of large dairy farms, haulers, and food processing plants across the U.S. and in over 30 countries worldwide.
Global Presence
QualiTru provides a unique combination of aseptic and representative sampling that is not offered by anyone else.
QualiTru is investing in new markets, technologies, partnerships, and employees to help the dairy and liquid food industries produce the safest and best quality food. The company has increasingly partnered with universities to research sampling best practices and conducted field case studies to enable farmers and quality professionals to obtain the most accurate and representative process data. The website emphasizes science-backed solutions, providing invaluable resources for dairy and liquid food industry customers.
Despite its growing success as a global entity over these past decades, everyone working at QualiTru today has remained steadfast to Mr. Bigalke’s original vision and mission: to protect consumers by providing the equipment and expertise for accurate and representative sampling that helps the dairy and liquid food industries produce safe, high-quality products.
QualiTru is a Trusted Partner
Partnerships are an integral part of our success. We are driven to meet industry sampling needs by partnering with other subject matter experts (SMEs) and distribution partners. We help our customers and partners meet their needs for product quality and safety, public health, and business goals by providing our sampling expertise and solutions to the dairy and other liquid food industries.
QualiTru supports a wide variety of industries to produce safe and quality products.
Standards and Compliance
QualiTru’s products are proudly made in the USA and comply with several industry standards and regulations.
- FDA Compliant
- PMO Methods Published
- NCIMS Approved
- 3-A Sanitary Standards Certified
QualiTru Sampling Systems’ technologies are also directly cited in Section 6 of the FDA PMO, as the only inline aseptic sampling system approved for the required collection of representative samples directly from farm bulk milk tanks or silos prior to the milk being transported for processing.
QualiTru’s Journey Through the Years
With over four decades of experience, the Bigalke family remains committed to continuing to meet the evolving needs of the dairy and liquid food industries. All of us at QualiTru are enthusiastically looking forward to the future and are committed to serving the needs of our customers and partners.
