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Testing/Monitoring

 

3M Microbiology Products

3M Center

Building 275-5W-05

SL Paul, MN 55144-1000

Tel: (800) 228-3957

Fax: (612) 737-1994

www.mmm.com

 

3M MonitorMark Time Temperature Integrators provide a permanent visual history of lime temperature exposure of products during shipment and storage. 3M Petrifilm Plates, Redigel Tests and Lab Start-Up Kits can provide on-site testing. 3M Petrifilm Plates deliver consistent, easy-to-read results and save lab time since they only require three simple steps: inoculate, incubate and read. Currently manufacture plates for aerobic counts, coliform count, E. coli count, yeast and mold count, Enterobacteriaceae count and rapid coliform count.

 


Alcide Corporation

8561 154th Avenue, NE
Redmond, WA 98052
Tel: (425) 882-2555
Fax: (425) 861-0173
www.alcide.com

Alcide Corporation is dedicated to the research, development and commercialization of antimicrobial products for animal health, human health food safety and industrial applications.  Maker of (SANOVA)® acidified sodium chlorite.


Aquionics, Inc.
21 Kenton Lands Road
Erlanger, KY  41018
Tel: (606) 341-0710
Fax: (606) 341-0350
www.Aquionics.com

Ultraviolet disinfection systems for water, air, and packaging materials.


Biocontrol Systems, Inc.
12822 S.E. 32nd Street
Bellevue, WA  98005-4318
Tel: (425) 603-1123
Fax: (425) 603-0080
www.rapidmethods.com

Proprietary rapid tests to meet all food industry needs for pathogen detection, quality control and HAACP monitoring.  Lighting ATP detection system, SimPlate for quantification of total bacterial count, total coliforms and E. coli, yeast and mold;  Bind instrument and assays for Salmonella detection;  Assurance GIAs and VIP tests for Salmonella, Listeria and E. coli; and Microbat ID systems.

 

Biotrace, Inc.

666 Plainsboro Road, Suite 1050

Plainsboro, NJ 08536

Tel: (609) 897-0282

Fax: (609) 897-0289

 

Manufacturer of Uni-Lite, a rapid hygiene detection testing system and is the world’s first swab testing system designed for simplicity and speed. With results available in just 2 minutes, Uni-Lite allows elimination of hygiene hazards before production begins.

 

Charm Sciences
659 Andover Street
Lawrence, MA  01843
Tel: (800) 343-2170, (978) 687-9200
Fax: (978) 687-9216
www.charm.com

Manufacturer of equipment and reagents for rapid and accurate tests for antibiotics, aflatoxins, pesticides, ATP Hygiene, pasteurization check, and meat cooking efficiency.
 

Chemetrics Inc.
4295 Catlett Rd
Calverton, Va. 20138
800 356-3072
prodinfo@chemetrics.com
www.chemetrics.com 

Vacuettes Kit (ampules) for free chlorine (K-2505A); copper (K-3510); others
 

Chlorinators Incorporated

P.O. Box 1822

Palm City, FL 34991

4125 S.W. Martin Highway

Palm City, FL 34990

Tel: (561) 288-4854

Fax: (561) 287-3238

www.regalchlorinators.com

 

Manufactures the REGAL line of chlorination and de-chlorination equipment for water and wastewater treatment/disinfection and sanitation; chlorine gas leak detectors, Smartvalve flow pacing control valves.

 

CliniSense Corporation
15466 Los Gatos Blvd., Suite 109-355
Los Gatos, CA  95032
Phone: (408) 348-1495
Fax:  (408) 399-9705
e-mail: lifetrack@clinisense.com; szweig@clinisense.com

http://www.clinisense.com
 

The CliniSense LifeTrack(tm), is a reusable low-cost, high accuracy, time-temperature indicator electronically programmed to precisely match the time-temperature sensitivity curves of various postharvest products. The device keeps track of all temperature effects from -20 to 70 oC, and can follow even highly complex time-temperature storage-life curves. The device shows product status at a glance, and can also report more detailed temperature history statistics through an onboard infrared port.
 

Comark Instruments Inc.

10200 SW Allen Blvd., Suite H

Beaverton, OR 97005

Tel: (503) 643-5204

Fax: (503) 644-5659

 

An ISO 9001 manufacturer and marketer of digital thermometers, airflow and pressure meters and temperature and humidity loggers for warehousing, storage and distribution.
 

 

Cox Technologies, Inc.

69 McAdenville Road

Belmont, NC 28012

Tel: (704) 825-8146

Fax: (704) 825-4498

 

Sales and Service:

1470 W. Ninth St., Suite C

Upland, CA 91786

Tel: (800) 283-8033

(909) 946-4441

Fax: (909) 946-0909

www.coxtechnologies.com

 

Manufactures and/or distributes temperature-monitoring equipment for storage and shipping. Suitable for HACCP: temperature recorders, digital probes, Lynx temperature logger, Tracer permanent memory recorder, Escort data monitor, Tempest, Tempulog, Vitsab time temperature labels.

 

 

DeltaTRAK, Inc.

5653 Stoneridge Drive, Suite 120

Pleasanton, CA 94588

Tel: (800) 962-6776

(510) 467-5940

Fax: (510) 467-5949

www.deltatrak.com

 

Manufacturer and supplier of temperature, humidity and pH monitoring and recording instruments traceable to international standards. Products include in-transit and environment temperature recorders, temp/humidity chart recorders and data loggers, waterproof digital probe thermometers and non-contact infrared thermometers. Air Repair ethylene scrubbers.

 

Doane Agricultural Service Co.

4900 SW Griffith Drive, Suite 125

Beaverton, OR 97005

Tel: (503) 646-5581

Fax: (503) 646-0622

 

Hand-track field data collection system to collect hourly, piecework, incentive pay in field. Download data at the office or via modem.

 

DTR Services, Inc.

1408 Carpenter Road, Suite 1-C

Modesto, CA 95351

Tel: (800) 576-1888

Fax: (209) 526-4272

 

Mechanical and battery-operated strip-chart, one-trip tamper-proof temperature recorders.

 

Ecolab, Inc.
Food and Beverage Division
370 Wabasha Strret N.
St. Paul, MN  55102
Tel: (651) 293-2233
Fax: (651) 293-2260
www.Ecolab.com

Sanitation products, systems, and services, food surface treatments, employee hygiene systems, and food irradiation services.

 

FMC Corporation

1735 Market Street

Philidelphia, PA  19103

Tel: (215) 299-6769

Fax: (215) 299-5819

www.fmcchemicals.com

 

FMC offers two environmentally friendly sanitizers for food and food processing,  VigorOx™ Liquid Sanitizer & Disinfectant uses peracetic acid chemistry and Oxine® and ProOxine® use chlorine dioxide chemistry.

 

 

Frostproof Grower Supply

512 N. Scenic Hwy.

Frostproof, FL 33843

Tel: (800) 35-3621

www.frostproof.com

 

Agricultural testing equipment supplier.

 

Glo Germ Company
P.O. Box 189
Moab, UT 84532
Tel: (800) 842-6622
Fax: (435) 259-5930
www.glogerm.com

Glo Germ™ is a product sold both in liquid and powder form that contains proven safe ingredients formulated to be the same size as bacteria, basically 5 microns in size.  When used in either the powder or liquid based form with the use of an ultra-violet light, it simulates the spread of germs, teaching how quickly and broadly germs can be spread in a short period of time.

Hach Company
Po Box 389
Loveland, Co 80539
800 227-4224
www.hach.com/ 

Water Quality Strips for Total and Free chlorine (0-10ppm) Also test kits for high and low chlorine
 

International Bioproducts
PO Box 0746
Bothell, WA 98041-0746
Tel: (800) 729-7611
Fax: (425) 398-7973
http://www.intlbioproducts.com

International Biproducts specializes in serving the unique needs of the industrial laboratory, and have carefully selected over 20000 products, which meet these needs,, including many innovative and convenient products available only from International BioProducts.

International Digital Imaging Solutions

5098 Foothills Blvd., Suite 3266

Roseville, CA 95747

Tel: (916) 783-9727

Fax: (916) 783-9747

 

Provides easy-to-use capabilities for the real-time communication and archiving of digital photographs of product and related information. The systems are open and flexible.

 

International Dioxide, Inc.
554 Ten Rod Road
North Kingstown, RI  02852
Tel: (401) 295- 8800
Fax; (401) 295-7108

Stabilized and generated chlorine dioxide products used extensively in food storage and process waters to sanitize, disinfect, and control food odors.
 

ITS
Industrial Test Systems, Inc.
1875 Langston
St. Rock Hill, S.C. 29730
803 329-9712
803 329-9743 fax
http://www.sensafe.com/ 

Free chlorine test strips (0-120ppm)
 

Kernco Instruments Co., Inc.

420 Kenazo Ave.

El Paso, TX 79927

Tel: (800) 325-3875

(915) 852-3375

Fax: (915) 852-4084

www.kerncoinstr.com

 

Optical hand and digital refractometers and pH meters.

 

LaMotte Co.

P.O. Box 329

Chestertown, MD 21620

Tel: (800) 344-3100

Fax: (410) 778-6394

 

Water and soil analysis equipment including meters and kits for chlorine, pH. Lab equipment is also available.

 

Measurement Dynamics

1454 Main St.

W. Warwick, RI  02893

Tel: (401) 826-8220

Fax: (401) 822-7940

 

HACCP processing plant and refrigerated transport temperature sensing, monitoring, and objective validation systems. Temperature/humidity monitoring systems for food processing, cold storage, and transit. Documents and alarms users at all critical control points. Fleet size automatic download system for distribution facilities.

 

Meritech, Inc.

8250 South Akron Street, #201
Englewood, CO  80112
Tel: (800) 932-7707; (303) 790-4670

Fax: (303) 790-4859
www.meritech.com

Meritech manufactures the CleanTech® automated handwashing systems.  Unlike traditional sinks, CleanTech® systems perform the entire handwash in 10 seconds.

Neogen Corporation

620 Lesher Place

Lansing, MI 48912

Tel: (800) 234-5333

Fax: (517) 372-2006

 www.neogen.com

 

Manufacturer of fastest, easiest diagnostic test kits to meet on-site quality assurance guidelines for fruits & vegetables. Products include: Reveal® 8 hr E. coli O157:H7, 20 hr Salmonella, 24 hr Bio-Plate for Total Coliforms & General E. coli, 48 hr Listeria, Hygicult agar slides for TPC, Yeast & Fungi, E/B-Gur and HY-LiTE® ATP Sanitation Monitoring System.

 

NexGen Manufacturing & Controls

P.O. Box 30505

Spokane, WA 99223-3008

Tel: (509) 624-4213

Fax: (509) 456-5842

www.goNexgen.com

 

HACCP tools including handheld gas analyzers. Stationary gas analyzers, CA laboratories, nitrogen generators, ammonia sensors, and custom control solutions for packaging and refrigeration equipment.

 

PPG Industries, Inc.

One PPG Place, 36 North
Pittsburgh, PA  15272
Tel: (412) 434-3692
Fax: (412) 434-3695
www.ppgcalhypo.com

PPG Industries providews calcium-based tablet chlorination systems to the produce industry that can improve operation sanitation, safety and efficiency.

Pulse Instruments
6411 Independence Avenue
Woodland Hills, CA  91367
Tel: (818) 348-8090
Fax: (818) 348-8990

Manufacture water quality pH/ORP controls for water treatment and sanitation.  Provides superior system design with safety, alarm, chart recorders, high performance probes, microcomputer PLC systems.  Custom system design with strong technical support and service.

PVS, Specialty Chemicals

525 Seaport Blvd.

Redwood City, CA 94063

Tel: (650) 261-2010

Fax: (650) 261-2020

 

PVS provides 'Highchlor ORP system' intended for sanitizing fresh fruits and vegetables after harvest in small bulk deliveries with the tank provided free of charge. Liquid citric acid is provided for pH adjustment to balance the post harvest sanitizing wash tank.

 

QA Supplies, LLC

1185 Pineridge Road

Norfolk, VA 23502-2095

Tel: (800) 472-7205

http://www.QAsupplies.com/

 

Offers hundreds of products for measuring temperature, humidity, fruit firmness, BRIX/Sugar, pH, orp, and much more.

 

 

Sensitech Inc.

193 Brimbal Ave.

Beverly, MA 01915

Tel: (978) 927-7033

Fax: (978-921-2112

www.sensitech.com

 

TempTale electronic temperature and humidity recorders for documenting temperature of perishable products in transit and in storage. New data management services to assist in collection and analysis of data.

Serim Research Corp.
PO Box 4002
Elhart IN 46514
800-542-4670
574-266-6222 fax
http://www.serim.com/index.htm 

Serim develops & manufactures test strips for sanitizers and water quality; QAC (0-1000 ppm), Iodine (0-100 ppm), High- and Low-range Free Chlorine (0-300 ppm and 0-10 ppm), Water Hardness (0-425 ppm) & Water pH (5-8.5)
 

Jim Stefanelli Enterprises

440 Sabal Way

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33326

Tel: (954) 384-8211

Fax: (954) 3840413

 www.jseinc.com

 

Providers of temperature recording/monitoring and ethylene filtration equipment. Circle chart, strip chart and electronic temperature data collector systems. Ethylene control machines, sachets, transit filters and filters for storage coolers.

 

 

 

Stires Recording Thermometer Company

P.O. Box 85066

San Diego, CA 92186

9176 Brown Deer Road

San Diego, CA 92121

Tel: (800) 346-3788

(619) 453-1100

Fax: (619) 453-7851

www.stires.com

 

Environmental monitors (thermometers, temperature and humidity recorders) to enhance quality assurance or HACCP programs. U.S. District Court approved evidence of in-transit temperature conditions.

 

 

Telatemp Corp.

 351 S. Raymond

Fullerton, CA  92831-4624

Tel: (800) 321-5160; (714) 879-2901

Fax: (714) 870-8136

www.telatemp.com

 

Telatemp Corporation produces temperature measurement devices for process, transit and storage applications.  The Telatemp product line includes irreversible temperature labels, infared thermometers, temperature data loggers, probe thermometers, temprature chart recorders, humidity indicators, pH measurements and shipping indicators.

 

 

Weber Scientific

2732 Kuser Road

Hamilton, N.J.  08691

Tel: (800) 328-8378

Dairy, Food, and Waste Water Testing Products - Weber Scientific

 

Weber Scientific has grown since 1959 to become a major full service, direct from manufacturer, distributer of a wide range of specialized laboratory equipment and supplies to dairy and food laboratories throughout North America.  We are well known bothfor our ability to supply end-users with hard-to-find products as well as for those products featured in the exclusive Weber line.
 

Zep Manufacturing Company
1310 Seaboard Industrial Blvd NW
Atlanta, GA  30318
Tel: (877) 428-9937
www.zep.com

Since 1937, Zep Manufacturing Company has been a leader in the manufacturing of industrial and institutional maintenance and sanitation products.  Zep is your one-stop shop and can provide the total solutions to your cleaning and maintenance needs.  Each day, over 500.000 satisfied customers worldwide use the extensive Zep product line to make their work a little easier.

 

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