Hygiena International has launched its latest test for bacteria which now includes enterobacteriaceae.
The measurement of enterobacteriaceae is a useful indicator of surface hygiene and product quality in the manufacture of heat processed food.
MicroSnap EB (Enterobacteriaceae) is a simple two-step test procedure with a total time to result of seven hours 15 seconds.
The sample can be either a surface swab or 1ml liquid sample or food suspension that is mixed with a proprietary enrichment broth in an all-in-one device and incubated for seven hours at 37°C after which a 0.1ml aliquot is transferred (using the device itself) to a specific end detection device for measurement in the EnSURE luminometer giving results in 15 seconds.
The specificity of MicroSnap EB was determined by measuring its ability to detect 39 different bacteria in pure culture (22 Entero’s and 17 Non-Entero bacteria). Both the inclusivity and exclusivity were measured at 95%.
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