Biotech Laboratories - Rapid Microbiological Methods in Food Questionnaire

Please Note: All Fields Marked with ** are compulsory.

Please provide the following contact information:

First Name	**
Last Name	**
Organization	**
Work Phone
E-mail

Are you or your company presently a customer of Biotech Laboratories ?

Yes No **

If you are a customer in what city does your company reside:

City

Do you routinely have a need for rapid testing ?

Yes No  **

If yes, what proportion of your routine testing would require rapid testing ?

%

What percentage increase in cost would you be prepared to pay for rapid testing ? [ 0 - 100% increase ]

%

Rapid testing may be less sensitive than routine culture methods. Choose one of the following options:

I accept that as a trade off for fast results I do not want rapid tests for that reason I did not know that - I will have to think about it I think you are wrong (yeah - but I'm NOT !)   **

A routine culture can take 3 to 5 days for a negative result (e.g. Salmonella and Listeria). How many days would you regard as acceptable for a rapid test ?

days 1-7  **

Knowing that some tests cannot be performed by rapid methods e.g. plate counts - How important are rapid tests to your company ( 1 is very important, 5 is not important) ?

1 2 3 4 5  **

Select any of the following analyses that you would like to have reported by rapid methods:

Bacillus cereus            Coliforms                  E. coli               Faecal Coliforms                   
Listeria                   Plate counts               Salmonella            Staphylococcus (coagulase positive)
Yeast and Moulds counts    Campylobacter

Please list any other comments you would like to add here. ?

Would you like a follow-up telephone call or email from us ? (if you say No you will not be contacted)

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