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Water:
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Test
for
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Test
method
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Medium
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Total
Count: Viable
microorganism per mL. CFU/mL
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Heterotropic
Plate Count. 9215 B. Standard Methods for the
Examination of Water and Wastewater, 17 th. Ed. 1989
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Plate
count Agar (PCA). 22°C/72 hr. and 37°C/72 hr.
|
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Coliforms
|
Standard
Total Coliform Multiple-Tube, MPN, 9221 B. Standard
Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 17
th. Ed. 1989
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Presumtive
phase: Lactose Broth at 35°C. Confirmed phase:
Brilliant Green Bile Lactose Broth at 35°C
|
|
Fecal
Coliforms
|
Fecal
Coliform Test, MPN. Standard Methods for the Examination
of Water and Wastewater, 17 th. Ed. 1989. 9221 C
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Presumtive
phase: Lactose Broth at 35°C. Confirmed phase
EC Broth 44,5°C
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Seafood
|
|
Test
method:
|
Medium
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
count: Viable microorganism per gr. 22°C,
30°C
|
Aerobic
microorganism. Determination in foods.
3rd Ed.
NMKL nr. 86. 1999
|
Plate
Count Agar (PCA). 72 hr.
|
|
|
Coliforms.
|
Compendium
of Methods for the Microbiological Examination of Foods,
2nd Ed., 1984, APHA; 25.5
|
Presumtive
phase: LST at 35°C. MPN. Confirmed phase: BGBB at 35°C,
MPN
|
|
|
Fecal
Coliforms
|
Compendium
of Methods for the Microbiological Examination of Foods,
2nd Ed., 1984, APHA; 25.5
|
Presumtive
phase: LST at 35°C, MPN.
Confirmed phase: EC Broth at 44,5°C, MPN
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Other
common test include hygiene tests according to: Total number of
microbes. Determination with the swab method or contact plate
method on utensils in contact with food. 4th. ed. NMKL nr. 4.
1987.
We get the following microbiological analyses, as needed
of our clients, at the MATÍS laboratory (formerly Icelandic Fisheries Laboratories in
Reykjavík (www.matis.is).
- Staphylococcus
aureus (coagulase pos.)
- Listeria
(pos./neg.)
- Escherichia coli
-
Enterobacteriaceae
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