Hello,
You might start from here:
http://seafood.ucdavis.edu/haccp/compendium/chapt09.htm#MFLP-41A
Look for "commercial test products", "commercial APC test products", "sanitation test kits"
Hope it helped,
sincerely - Oleksandr Tokarskyy
graduate student
Department of Food Science, Nutrition, and Health Promotion
Mississippi State University
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Greer
To: seafood@ucdavis.edu
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 3:28 PM
Subject: Swab Testing Kits
Hello Everyone,
I am interested in (very) economical means to spot check seafood processing facilities for microbiological levels (i.e., environmental swabbing).
So far, my inquiries have yielded two possibilities: bioluminescence equipment (costing in the range of several thousand dollars); and other testing kits which provide quantifiable counts (costing around $1,000).
I am looking for something to provide detection of excessive levels of contamination (I don't need an exact count) that is both highly portable (e.g., could be put in a
briefcase) and very inexpensive (perhaps $100-200). I am under the assumption that such swabbing kits exist, but don't really know where to obtain one and/or how exactly to describe one.
Any suggestions or info would be welcome.
Thank you.
Robert Greer
Rushmar Trading Company LLC
Tel (US): 1-713-350-6025
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email: greer@RushmarTrading.com
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