We are the sole Southern Africa distributors and agents for Technical Service Consultants Ltd, UK; Europe's Leading Manufacturer of Microbiological Supplies and Consumables!

Some of the Product Range that we offer for sale:
1. Neutralising Buffer Swabs, 10ml
Key benefits are:
- Longer Cap for improved control;
- Design of cap prevents media from drying or leaking;
- Inert tips permits good sample retrieval;
- Supports full recovery of microorganisms.
2. Sterile Template, disposable
Key benefits are:
- Easy to use;
- No need to estimate area to be swabbed;
- Exactly 10 x 10 square centimetres will be swabbed.
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3. Carcass Sampling Sponge
Key benefits are:
- Ready to use products for sampling of red meat carcasses;
- Product is designed according to Food Standard Agency recommendations to comply with EC Commission Regulation on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs;
- Products can be used for the recovery of Total Viable Count (TVC), Enterobacteriaceae and Salmonella from the surface of beef, pork, lamb and other red carcasses;
- Product consists of 50cubic centrimeters cellulose sponge dosed with Maximal Recovery Diluent;
- Sponges are packed in sterile medical grade bags, no additional preperation steps required.
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4. PROTECT IT®
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Key benefits are:
- The most cost effective, comprehensive cryopreservation range with ceramic beads for improved recovery and minimal cell loss;
- Beads have a smooth surface to prevent scratching of agar surface;
- Ideal media to maintain milk and dairy microorganisms;
- Based on BSI and ISO recommendations;
- Also suitable for water and environmental isolates;
- For Yeast and Moulds: Developed with spore grab formulation. Easy suspension of spores and yeast cells. Neutral pH for increased cell stability;
- For Anaerobes: Increased viscosity and oxygen removal. Essential trace elements. Improved viability and recovery.
Another new product just released by TSC!
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Another new product just released by TSC!
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We also manufacture and sell the following microscopic stains and reagents:
- Carbol Fuchsin (Ziehl-Neelsen)
- Carbol Fuchsin (Kinyoun)
- Carbol Gentian Violet
- Crystal violet-stain
- Eosin(yellowish)stain in 70% alc./water
- Giemsa's Microscopic stain
- Gram's Iodine
- May Grunewald
- Methylene Blue Stain
- Newman's stain in alcohol
- Safranine stain
- Wright's/Leishman's stain in alcohol
- Malachite Green aqueous
- Nigrosin (in water)
- Neutral Red-stain
- Lactophenol Cotton Blue Stain


at bioscience@laboratories.co.za