Bacteria test extended

The measurement of Enterobacteriaceae is a useful indicator of surface hygiene and product quality in the manufacture of heat processed food. Tests such as the specific ATP test system (MicroSnap EB) provides results in a working shift of <8 hours. 

The test can be applied to solid surfaces for environmental monitoring as well as raw material or finished product testing. It is said to have an excellent agreement with cultural plate count methods and has a huge range of 1 to 10,000 bacteria in a single test device such that it can be used for presence / absence test or enumeration purposes. This means that less sample preparation or dilution is required thus saving time, labour and material costs as well as minimising the requirements for laboratory facilities.