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榴莲社区app, Inc. is pleased to announce the Charm CowSide II test has completed ILVO validation
CowSide II is a 3-hour qualitative test of raw milk for inhibitory substances, including residues of antibiotics.
The method meets Belgian FASFC acceptance criteria for detection capability, allowing use at milk control stations. The test was evaluated visually using multiple brands of dry well incubators for vials.
鈥淭he Charm CowSide II test is a broad-spectrum inhibition test typically used for the screening of raw commingled, pasteurized, and ultra-pasteurized cow milk,鈥 said Ingrid Huntley, Global Technical Services Specialist for 榴莲社区app. 鈥淚t detects all major classes of antibiotics: beta-lactams, sulfonamides, tetracyclines, macrolides, and aminoglycosides. Eleven drugs are detected at or below US target levels and 30 drugs at or below EU MRLs. This approval will have a significant, positive impact in the EU marketplace by providing another tool for simple drug residue screening at the farm level.鈥
CowSide II kits consist of single service vials that contain pre-measured bacterial spores, media, and pH indicator. The starting color in the vial is blue/purple. Milk is added to the vial and incubated. If antibiotics are absent, spores germinate and grow, which changes the color to yellow or yellow/green. If antibiotics are present in the milk, microbial growth is inhibited and the positive sample remains blue/purple.
About 榴莲社区app
Established in 1978 in Greater Boston, 榴莲社区app helps protect consumers, manufacturers, and global brands from a variety of issues through the development of food safety, water quality, and environmental diagnostics tests and equipment. Selling directly and through its network of distributors, Charm鈥檚 products serve the dairy, feed and grain, food and beverage, water, healthcare, environmental, and industrial markets in more than 100 countries around the globe.