Nutrient media for microbiological quality control
High-value products with consistent quality are a basic prerequisite for maintaining market position. This objective can be achieved only when the operation carries out fully comprehensive production control checks. Microbiology is a very significant parameter in this quality assurance.
Spoiled products, a health hazard under certain circumstances, have to be recalled from end-users in the worst case. Serious commercial consequences can even lead to the supplier disappearing from the market, as examples in the past have shown. Product liability claims may also arise when it is proven that defective good were put on the market as a result of indequate microbiological quality control. In order to avoid recalls and the associated loss of image, product liability proceedings etc.g.