Description

INSITE LISTERIA SPP TEST KIT (100)

Hygiena™ InSite Listeria is a quick and easy test for the detection of Listeria species in food processing environments. The test contains a liquid media formulated with growth enhancers, selective agents, and chromogenic compounds specific to the growth of Listeria species.

Hygiena™ InSite Listeria is an easy-to-use, self-contained, environmental Listeria species test. Each device contains a chromogenic liquid media formulated with antibiotics, growth enhancers, and color-changing compounds specific to Listeria species. Simply swab the test area and wait. A change in color after 24-48 hours of incubation is considered presumptive positive. No expensive lab equipment is required and no additional sample handling of the sample is necessary.

Benefits:

• Easy to use with no preparation steps required

• Large sponge tip maximizes sample collection for accurate results

• Eliminates costly lab fees for an equivalent test

• Color results are easy to interpret – brown/black indicates presence of Listeria species

• Presumptive positive results in as little as 24 hours

• Negative results in 48 hours

• Self-contained tube eliminates risk of contamination

• 12-month shelf life at refrigerated temperature (2 – 8 °C)

Sensitivity:

• <10 CFU Listeria spp.

• Detects heat injured L. monocytogenes at low levels (10-50 CFU of broth), even in the presence of high numbers of competing organisms