Food and Digestive Health

Lexowell Health Centre has years of experience in the field of food microbiology helping private companies and government agencies safeguard food products.

Methods are chosen for their sensitivity, specificity, fast turn around time and cost-effectiveness.

The laboratory is at the forefront of new developments and offers a variety of specialized and innovative molecular techniques such as PCR detection of pathogens including Salmonella, Listeria and Shiga-like-toxin producing E.coli (including E.coli O157: H7).

It offers a wide variety of microbiological assays for food and the food processing environment including:

• Total Plate Counts
• Total Coliforms
• Escherichia coli
• Coagulase Positive Staphylococci
• Bacillus cereus
• Clostridium perfringens
• Salmonella spp. (including full serotyping)
• Listeria spp. (including speciation if required)
• Campylobacter spp.
• Vibrio spp.
• Yeasts and Moulds
• Antibiotics in milk & milk products

Lexowell Health Centre has extensive expertise in food microbiology demonstrated by representation on various committees.

Lexowell Health Centre also offers a comprehensive clinical consultation service covering all aspects of microbiology. This can range from food poisoning outbreak investigations, microbiology use by date testing and advice related to occupational health and the management of infectious diseases.