Without performing any specific pre-enrichment step on certain food samples like meat, the use of the PrepMan Ultra Sample Preparation Reagent (P/N 4318930) will not enable the reduction of many forms of PCR inhibitors such as fats, tissues and particulates. Thus, pre-enrichment significantly reduces the detection of false positive signal from dead or nonpathogenic cells in food samples. Improper pre-enrichment steps can hamper the process of extracting DNA of the highest purity and affect the performance of TaqMan Pathogen Detections kits for Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, Campylobacter jejuni, E. coli 0157:H7, or MicroSeq kits.