Food Microbiology
Microbiological analysis is important to determine the safety and quality of food. More recently, advances in biotechnology have led to the development of "rapid methods" that minimize man effort, providing results in less time, thus reducing cost.
Infrastructure
- Fully automated ELISA system - Tecan Austria
- A walk away ELISA system with robotic features capable of running 10 different
parameters at the same time
- 3M Petri film plate reader from 3M Inc USA
- State-of-the-art lab equipment from leaders like Labconco USA, Salvis Switzerland
- Fully automated autoclaves from Tuttnauer
broad parameters
- Hygiene Indicators
- Sanitation monitors
- Pathogen testing
- Atypical bacteria
- Fungi
- Parasites
OBIL capability matrix for food testing-Microbiology
Hygiene Indicators |
Pathogens |
Environmental pathogens |
Allergens |
- Total plate count
- Total viable count
- Coliforms
- E.coli
- Yeasts
- Molds
- Lactic Acid bacteria
- Psychrophilic bacteria
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- E.coli 0157:H7
- Salmonella
- Shigella
- Vibrio's
- Listeria
- Staphylococcus aureus
- yeasts
- Molds
- Pseudomonas
- Bacillus
- Cronobacter
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- Listeria
- Legionella
- Clostridia
- Atypical Bacteria
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Hygiene monitoring ATP tests for |
- Surface ATP
- Total ATP
- Free ATP
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