Boekel Scientific introduces a new Triple Mix Paddle Blender for food safety testing and macro sample preparation. The paddle blender is designed to be used with standard and filter type food sample preparation bags. The system uses a unique three paddle design for homogenizing and mixing samples for microbiological testing.
Food Laboratory Equipment and Material
1. Work area, level table with ample surface in room that is clean, well-lighted (100 foot-candles at working surface) and well-ventilated, and reasonably free of dust and drafts. The microbial density of air in working area, measured in fallout pour plates taken during plating, should not exceed 15 colonies/plate during 15 min exposure.
2. Storage space, free of dust and insects and adequate for protection of equipment and supplies
3. Petri dishes, glass or plastic (at least 15 x 90 mm)
4. Pipets with pipet aids (no mouth pipetting) or pipettors, 1, 5, and 10 ml, graduated in 0.1 ml units
5. Dilution bottles, 6 oz (160 ml), borosilicate-resistant glass, with rubber stoppers or plastic screw caps
6. Pipet and petri dish containers, adequate for protection
7. Circulating water bath, for tempering agar, thermostatically controlled to 45 ± 1°C
8. Incubator, 35 ± 1°C; milk, 32 ± 1°C
9. Colony counter, dark-field, Quebec, or equivalent, with suitable light source and grid plate
10. Tally register
11. Dilution blanks, 90 ± 1 ml Butterfield's phosphate-buffered dilution water (R111); milk, 99 ± 2 ml