R&F Products
Chromogenic media for the isolation and identification of food pathogens
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Flexible shelf life
Powdered chromogenic media and broths provide flexibility to prepare the desired amount of broth and number of plates needed while the unused powder has a shelf life up to 6 years.
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History
Since 1986, Dr. Lawrence Restaino has been a leader in the development of chromogenic media for the isolation and identification of food pathogens. In 1990, R & F Laboratories was started by Dr. Restaino who quickly realized that the standard plating media and enrichment broths for pathogen isolation was ineffective for operating an efficient laboratory. By 1995, Dr. Restaino started substituting the standard media with newly developed and tested chromogenic plating media which provided a simpler, more innovated approach to detect/enumerate pathogenic bacteria accurately allowing a more efficient and productive laboratory.
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We would like to invite everyone to visit our Booth #611 in Long Beach, California at the 2024 IAFP Conference. Reconnecting with established clients and introducing ourselves to potentially new customers is a pleasure and paramount to us moving forward as a company.
Dr. Paul Nguyen will be presenting two posters during the meeting. The first poster (ID #35708) is the “Evaluation of a Chromogenic Plating Medium for the Isolation of the Bacillus cereus Group.” The study was aimed to assess a new chromogenic plating medium designed for the isolation of Bacillus cytotoxicus and other members belonging to the B. cereus group, by targeting the presence of phosphatidylcholine-phospholipase C activity. The inclusivity and exclusivity of the chromogenic plating medium was 100% and >95%, respectively. The plating efficiency of the select strain was greater than 90%.
The second poster (ID #33626) is the “Assessment of the Romer Labs® RapidChek® Campylobacter Test Using Four Campylobacter-specific Enrichment Broths.” The immune-detection strip serves as a screening method in conjunction to culture-based methods, in order to provide rapid test results by reducing the time necessary for identification. The Romer Labs® RapidChek strips were tested with four enrichment broths (Hunt’s broth; double-strength Bolton broth; R & F® Campylobacter jejuni/C. coli broth; and Romer Labs® RapidChek® Campylobacter broth) that were inoculated with Campylobacter strains. All four broths tested were effective in recovering the four Campylobacter strains.
We are excited to re-connect with familiar clients and to welcome new visitors.
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