Oxoid Provides Food Testing Labs with Simple Remel RapID Range of Biochemical Identification Panels
28 May 2010 | By Oxoid
Oxoid today announced that the Remel RapID™ microbial identification systems are now available alongside the Oxoid range.
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Nestlé partners with TFT (The Forest Trust) to combat deforestation
17 May 2010 | By Nestlé
As a further step in its commitment to fight the major issue of deforestation, Nestlé has entered into a partnership with The Forest Trust (TFT)...
Halo wins ‘Innovation in the food sector’ award
13 May 2010 | By
Halo Support Services beat off fierce competition to win the ‘Innovation in the food sector’ category at the recent Food Processing Awards.
Oxoid Culture Journal Focuses on Cronobacter Species and Mycobacterium bovis
11 May 2010 | By Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
Oxoid, a world leading microbiology brand, announced that the latest edition of its journal, Culture (Volume 31, No 1), is now available.
Explosion of opportunities in Nutraceuticals
23 April 2010 | By
New research from Business Insights has revealed that despite costs of over $10m to gain the right to claim that a food or drink product has a health benefit, investing is worthwhile.
Something needs to come out
23 March 2010 | By Greg Sutcliffe, Burkert Fluid Control Systems
We have successfully sized the steam control valve, but during commissioning and testing the warm up times are sluggish. Why? Well is might be a case of needing to get things out, before we can hope to put things in! We know that "new" steam is delivered, as the "existing"…
The ins and outs of steam control valves
23 March 2010 | By Greg Sutcliffe, Burkert Fluid Control Systems
When dry saturated steam comes into contact with a surface at a lower temperature than itself (let’s take the example of a jacketed cooking vessel) it will give up its latent energy and returns to condensate. Upon condensing, the steam’s volume reduces by approximately 1673 times; depending on the steam…
Oxoid Brilliance Staph 24 Agar Identifies Staphylococci in Foods within 24 Hours
23 March 2010 | By Oxoid
Oxoid, a world leading microbiology brand, today announced the launch of Brilliance™ Staph 24 Agar - a selective and diagnostic chromogenic medium for the isolation and enumeration of coagulase-positive staphylococci (CPS) in foods, within 24 hours.
Campylobacter Testing with NEW Oxoid Brilliance CampyCount Agar
23 March 2010 | By Oxoid
Oxoid has launched Brilliance™ CampyCount Agar, a new, highly selective, easy-to-read chromogenic medium specifically designed for the identification and enumeration of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in poultry and related samples.
Watson-Marlow Masosine Technology Replaces Gear Pumps at Chocolate Factory
12 March 2010 | By Watson-Marlow Pumps Group
Watson-Marlow Masosine MR and SPS series positive displacement pumps have been installed at the Fakenham, Norfolk plant of chocolate and confectionary specialist, Kinnerton. The first Masosine pump was introduced to replace a gear pump that was damaging product on an Easter egg production line, with a second model acquired recently…
Belly Down and Eccentric
22 February 2010 | By Greg Sutcliffe, Burkert Fluid Control Systems
Meeting a steam plant for the first time is a bit like meeting a person for the first time (stay with me here!). Before can you consciously think, just a quick glance and you have formed an early impression and evaluated that poor person, or…err….steam system. For me it’s like…
Less can be more
15 February 2010 | By Greg Sutcliffe, Burkert Fluid Control Systems
Are you abusing your steam control valves through the unnecessary practise of OVER SIZING? We have choices here people and the key to success is having the right flow conditions from the start.
Bed time reading
15 February 2010 | By Greg Sutcliffe, Burkert Fluid Control Systems
Back in the day, before the advent of the internet, and we all lived our lives in glorious monochrome, my beloved mentor explained that for the decent steam guys, there was only one book – “The Efficient Use of Steam” by Oliver Lyle, c.1947.
New ProtoCOL 2 UV Imaging Accessory
2 February 2010 | By Synbiosis
Synbiosis, a world-leading manufacturer of automated microbiological systems, is delighted to introduce ProcUV, its new UV imaging accessory for the ProtoCOL 2 system. ProcUV permits instant imaging of fluorescent colonies and plaques so they can be automatically counted or analysed by ProtoCOL 2, thus saving time and improving accuracy of…
Oxoid to Offer the DuPont Qualicon BAX® System Real-Time PCR Assay for Vibrios
3 December 2009 | By Oxoid
Oxoid, a world leading microbiology brand, today announced that the DuPont Qualicon BAX® System Real-Time PCR Assay for Vibrios is now available alongside the Oxoid range in Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
