Food Safety Services

• Enumeration of  microorganisms
• Enumeration of yeast and mould
• Enumeration of  Enterobacteriaceae
• Enumeration of coliform bacteria
• Enumeration of Escherichia coli
• Detection of Salmonella spp.
• Detection of Listeria monocytogenes
• Enumeration of Listeria monocytogenes
• Detection of Campylobacter spp.
• Enumeration of Clostridium perfringens
• Enumeration of anaerobic sulfite-reducing bacteria
• Enumeration of  Bacillus cereus
• Enumeration of intestinal enterococci
• Enumeration of coagulase-positive staphylococci (Staphylococcus aureus and other species)
• Enumeration of mesophilic lactic acid bacteria

• Enumeration of culturable micro-organisms at 22 and 37 °C
• Enumeration of  coliform bacteria
• Enumeration of  Escherichia coli
• Enumeration of  Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Enumeration of the spores of sulfite-reducing anaerobes (clostridia)
• Detection and enumeration of intestinal enterococci

Besides classical methods, the laboratory provides DNA-based methods like PCR, real-time PCR and sequencing.
Pathogen detection:

• Salmonella spp.
• Listeria monocytogenes
• Listeria spp.
• E. coli O157:H7
• Campylobacter jejuni
• Enterobacter sakazakii
• Staphylococcus aureus
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• DNA based identification of unknown microorganisms (PCR+sequencing)

• poultry
• chicken
• turkey
• porcine
• equine
• ruminant
• sheep

• walnut
• peanut
• hazelnut
• almond
• pistachio
• mustard
• sesame seed
• celery
• soy

•  Enumeration of aerobic mesophilic bacteria
• Enumeration of yeast and moulds
• Detection of Salmonella spp.
• Detection of Staphylococcus aureus
• Detection of Enterobacteriaceae
• Detection of sulfite reducing  Clostridia
• Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• pH measurement

• Quality assurance of the laboratory is in compliance with the MSZ EN ISO/IEC 17025:2005 standard.