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Article: Rapid detection from Oxoid. (Plant & Equipment).
- Article from:
- Food Trade Review
- Article date:
- May 1, 2002
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A new selective base medium for the rapid detection and enumeration of aflatoxin-producing Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus species is now available from Oxoid. AFPA Base medium has been specially formulated to indicate the presence of these organisms in food samples, and to demonstrate whether they are present in sufficient numbers to pose a significant risk to human health. AFPA Base is a modification of Aspergillus Differential Medium l, and is based on the formulation devised by Pitt, Hocking and Glenn2. The product offers a number of advantages over other mycological media. It provides improved colour production on the reverse of the plate (due to the ...