Desoxycholate Agar - Food Stamp

Food Stamp plates are a simple-to-use bacteriological method indicating the presence of bacteria, to check critical control points (CCP’s) within the HACCP (hazardous analytical critical control points) for the microbiological hygiene of surfaces. Food Stamps are designated for hygiene control of viable bacteria on foodstuffs and working areas. The test can easily be conducted without any special equipment or knowledge.The possible presence of bacteria can be detected by the growth of the coloured colonies.

 Practical advantages against the wiping method :

• No special instruments or equipment needed
• Time saving as no preparation time is needed
• Simple and easy test leads to reliable results
• Unique products utilizing a chromogenic reaction give more distinctive color development for easy reading
• Agar inside the container is firmly attached to prevent the disintegration
• Compact and easy to handle
• Portable incubator: Incubox which is specially designed for Food Stamps (up to 30 plates)
• Broad menu : 11 different Food Stamps available for different bacteria

 General advantage:

• long shelf-life (approx. 6 months after production)
• two different package sizes depending on customer needs (30 pcs or 100 pcs)