Overview of Products, Technologies, and Services

Target Sector
Extensive use throughout food industry, particularly fresh food processing.
Fresh processed foods,such as meat, fish, and vegetables; prepared foods, such as frozen and deli; seasonings, confectionery, pet food, and even wet tissues/pads.
Usage Scenes(Usage/Recipies)
Bacteria multiply over time, so if bacteria have been growing in raw materials, products, or manufacturing areas, they must be detected as soon as possible and immediate action must be taken. We have developed Food Bacteria Count System “DOX SYSTEM”, to simplify food sanitation inspections and make them rapid and easy, without the need for specialized knowledge.

Product Features

• DOX can count the number of total viable cells and coliforms (quantitative test), and detect the presence of E. coli (qualitative test). DOX can also count Staphylococcus aureus and salmonella spp., types of food-poisoning bacteria.
• Easy operation allows anyone to perform counting
  Operation is easy, making counting easy even for those who have no experience in food hygiene inspection.
  Daily inspections can be performed in-house without adding new inspection personnel or relying on a laboratory.
  Inspections only take 3 steps
  Tests can be performed in just three steps: adjust the sample solution with raw material and diluent, place the culture medium and sample solution in a disposable cell cartridge, and set it in the main unit.
• Automatic transfer of results to database
  Test results are automatically stored in a database. The need for visual counting of colonies is eliminated, greatly reducing testing time. Reports can be generated automatically, eliminating time taken to compile results into reports.
• Can count bacteria of multiple samples simultaneously
  The DOX lineup consists of two models, which can count bacteria of either 60 or 30 samples. Since up to three units can be connected, it is possible to count up to 180 samples simultaneously. In addition, there is no need to check the start time of each channel, as counting automatically start in order from the channels in which cell cartridges are set in the main unit.
  Reduces running costs
  Testing requires far fewer man-hours, about 1/2 that of the conventional method (when testing 25 samples/compared to our method).
  With the introduction of DOX, both labor costs and testing time can be significantly reduced.
• The greater the abnormality, the sooner the detection
  The conventional method takes 24 to 72 hours just to incubate a sample, but with DOX, a viable count of 10^5 CFU/g can be detected in about 6 hours. The principle of the oxygen electrode method allows for a rapid response to any abnormality detected because the higher the number of bacteria, the quicker the reaction appears.