Basic instruments are: Laminar flow, Microscopes, Spectrophotometers, Forced air Ovens, Incubators, sensitive weighing balances, Thermal cycler, Vaccine bath, anaerobic jars, Vacum Pumps, Filteration assembly, Distilled water and deionized water assembly, dessicators, Sterlization autoclave, UV assembly, Auto plate plating system, Real time PCR, CO2 incubator, Colony Counter, Photo activation system etc....

Personallly I think that the minimal requirements are a weighting balance, 2 incubators, stomacher, microscope, vortex, an autoclave and a water bath. From there on the sky is the limit! So as to be complete you need at least one more incubator, a dry sterilization unit, a laboratory blender, a filtration apparatus, preferably manifold, a laminar flow, an anaerobic system, a colony counter and a spiral platting system. These should be sufficient for most ISO methods. Concerning in house methods (e.g. PCR) the appropriate equipment is also needed.

Balance ,Stirrer Hot Plate, pH meter , Autoclave , Benzene flame or laminar flow Cabinet , hot air oven for sterilization of glassware ,blender, vortex , micropipette , incubator , fridge ,spatula , Porcelain or Glass pestle and mortar

Balance, pipette, incubator, UV assembly, sterilization autoclave, vortex,Petri dish,

Dear Dr. Asif Ahmad

thanks for your answer

please I need some information about auto plate plating system

thanks for all

Ashraf Sharoba

Hi, about incubators. Food laboratories usually need four incubators with four different kind of temperatures. 25 for molds and yeasts, 30 for mesophiles, 37 for pathogens, and 55 for thermophiles.

information on the Internet are so many about auto plate plating system. I am attaching a few examples

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I hope it's enough, good job

thanks Dr. Leonardo Alberghini

If the factory has money, it could purchase these equipments:

1. Automatic colony counter. http://www.interscience.fr/scan-software-colony-counting?gclid=CJL53eaDyr8CFekF7Aod43gA5A

2. Automatic PCR machine BAX System. http://www2.dupont.com/Qualicon/en_US/products/BAX_System/bax_realtime_EcoliH7.html

3. Microbial air sampler: http://trade.indiamart.com/search.mp?search=microbial+air+samplers

4. ATP Bioluminescence system: http://www.biocontrolsys.com/products/view/MVPS

5. Microbial Luminescence System (MLS). http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Microbiology/FoodSafety/product-information/product-catalog/?PC_Z7_RJH9U523003DC023S7P92O3O87000000_nid=PZB1C8M7T2beGZ25T31GNWgl

I did not see anyone mention the need for a microcentrifuge or clean bench; I strongly recommend both to conduct reliable research or quality analyses. Furthermore, a spectrophotometer with cuvettes would be a strong tool as well for food quality surveillance with respect to microbial growth.

thanks Dr.Michael E. Hickey