Lab M's range of microbiological culture media includes Rose Bengal Chloramphenicol Agar and Dermatophyte test medium to monitor food products and processing.
Fungal spoilage of food remains an important economic issue and, at the same time, the production of mycotoxins by some of the organisms responsible can also present a health challenge.
Monitoring and subsequent disposal of contaminated food therefore has an important role.
Lab M's Dermatophyte Test Medium aids differentiation between saprophytic and environmental fungi.
Used alongside Rose Bengal Chloramphenicol Agar, a selective medium for the enumeration of yeasts and moulds in foods, it is proving to be an important part of any programme aiming to monitor food products and processing.