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SPECIAL MICROBIOLOGY
Biological and Microbiological testing services include
(but are not limited to) the following:
- Bacterial toxin testing (e.g., Staphylococcus enterotoxin, Botulinal toxin)
- Taxonomic identification of food related microorganisms
- Canned Food Spoilage and Commercial Sterility Analyses
- Heat resistant mold testing
- Unique pathogen testing (e.g., Vibrio, Campylobacter, Clostridium botulinum, Legionella)
- Spore assays for spore-forming food spoilage bacteria (e.g., Acidophilic-thermophilic; Mesophilic aerobic; Mesophilic anaerobic; Total and Flat Sour thermophilic (aerobic); Thermophilic anaerobic; Sulfide spoilage)
- Unique bacterial tests (e.g., Proteolytic bacteria count, Gram-negative bacteria count, Histamine forming bacteria count, Yogurt differential bacteria count)
- Specific risk material (Central Nervous System Tissue) testing of meats (ELISA method for detection of glial fibrillary acidic protein or GFAP)
- Meat Species (e.g., beef, pork, poultry) testing (ELISA method)
- Seafood toxin testing (e.g., Cigua toxin)
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