RBS
PO Box: 7099 Kigali-Kicukiro
Tel: +250-58 61 03
PO Box: 7099 Kigali-Kicukiro
Tel: +250-58 61 03
PURPOSE OF MICROBIOLOGY SECTION
- To facilitate promotion and encouraging the development of hygienically healthy food industry
- To facilitate a supply of safe food and animal feeds complying with the standard requirements
- To facilitate protection of consumer from contaminated, decomposed, or injurious foods.
SCOPE OF MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY
Microbiology Laboratory detects, identifies and enumerates live invisible microorganisms that always spoil foods or animal feeds and/ or are pathogenic to human beings or animals in foods or non- food materials.
The range of tests that are currently done in various products include:
Microbiology Laboratory detects, identifies and enumerates live invisible microorganisms that always spoil foods or animal feeds and/ or are pathogenic to human beings or animals in foods or non- food materials.
The range of tests that are currently done in various products include:
- Total viable counts/ total aerobic counts
- Total coliforms
- Faecal coliform counts
- Escherichia coli
- Salmonella spp
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Streptococcus faecalis
- Sulphite reducing organisms
- Sulphite reducing spores
- Pseudomonas aeroginosa
- Yeasts
- Moulds
Last Update: 07-06-2010