Browse through the new products for food safety testing posted in the rapidmicrobiology newsletters for July 2019 including:

How to Prepare Perfect Selective Media Plates, Every Time!

Media preparation systems such as the MEDIACLAVE media sterilizer, MEDIAJET Petri dish filler and DOSE IT peri­staltic pump, help prepare high quality, selective agar plates quickly and easily. Read more

How to Make Serial Dilutions Faster and Better

The new Serial Diluter UA with an integrated, highly efficient bag mixer is universally suitable for preparing serial dilutions for microbiological analysis, of all sample types including viscous, high-fat or sugar-containing samples such as cream, egg yolk, syrup, etc.  Read more

How to Detect Salmonella in Herbs and Spices

AOAC certified Solus One Salmonella assay is a highly sensitive and specific test for Salmonella species in various matrices. Read more

How to Reduce Number of False Positive Shiga Toxin-producing E.coli (STEC) Results in Food

How to Get Better Total Counts in Food Microbiology

Spiral plating removes the need to prepare serial dilutions, read about the latest revolution in spiral platers. Read more

What's the Difference Between Validation and Verification of Test Methods?

Validation is confirming that the testing method works to detect the targets in the manner specified, through entities like AOAC International and AFNOR Group. Verification of that testing method is achieved when an individual end user can get the same correct results on a consistent basis. Read more

How to Do Total Counts Without Using Agar Plates

MC-Media Pad® is designed for convenient and rapid routine testing of microbial contaminations in your food and beverage products. The pads are coated with a growth medium and chromogenic substrate for specific detection allowing faster results and improved readout. Read more

What's Best Pipette to Use for ELISA Plates

Researchers at the University of North Texas are using INTEGRA’s VIAFLO 96 electronic pipette to increase the throughput of their ELISA, Luminex and flow cytometry workflows, as well as to improve the reproducibility of their results. Read more

How to QC Listeria Test Kits in Food Labs

Fluorescent strains of Listeria innocua can be used for quality control testing in food safety laboratories, UV-BioTAG cultures visibly fluoresce under ultraviolet (UV) light making them easily distinguishable from standard microorganism strains that may be isolated from food samples. Read more

How to Test Food Production Surfaces for Coconut Allergen

The AgraStrip® Coconut test kit, is a simple to use test strip that detects coconut in foods, beverages and rinse waters and on surfaces at an LOD of 10 ppm. Read more

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