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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.

Made to order

Every plate order is prepared at the time of the order for maximum shelf life.

Full service supply

All ingredients or supplements are provided with our media & broth- no outside sourcing needed.

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 #527 in Toronto at the 2023 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.


We would also like to introduce Dr. Paul Nguyen who has recently been promoted to Vice President of our company. Dr. Nguyen has been working for R & F Products for 5 years and has just received his doctorates degree at Illinois Institute of Technology. His research involved the development of a novel chromogenic plating medium and enrichment broth for the isolation of three emerging foodborne pathogens: Arcobacter butzleri, A. cryaerophilus, and A. skirrowii. This detection system will be made available at the end of the first quarter of 2023. If anyone has any questions, simply email us at rf@rf-products.net or call us at 630-969-5300.


For further readings about the Arcobacter detection system can be found at the following reference citations:


  1. Nguyen, P., O. Juárez, and L. Restaino. 2021. A new method for Arcobacter butzleri, Arcobacter cryaerophilus, and Arcobacter skirrowii detection using a novel chromogenic agar. J. Food Prot. 84, 160-168.
  2. Nguyen, P., K. Tuz, L. Restaino, and O. Juárez. 2022. NRJ media as the gold-standard Arcobacter-specific detection system: Applications in poultry testing. Front. Microbiol. 13:903079.



 
 


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