Colilert® and Colisure® (IDEXX)

Weber Scientific is only authorized to distribute IDEXX products to the Food and Beverage industries in the United States and Canada.

Highly economical, you can realize big savings by using Colilert or Colisure as a one-step method for your water quality and compliance testing. With less than one minute hands-on time you’ll get results for total coliform as well as E. coli in 18 or 24 hours! These tests are much easier than other standard methods procedures and are more accurate! With its full range of regulatory approvals, it has become the perfect test for a wide variety of source water applications.

Just a few examples:

• Required regulatory compliance – significant savings compared to sending samples to a commercial lab.
• Bottled water – also ideal for finished product analysis.
• Fresh cut produce or fruit rinse water, before or after processing.

Following are other key benefits of using this technology, truly the gold standard of rapid coliform in water testing:

Fully Approved

• Colilert and Colisure are Grade A Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (FDA/NCIMS/PMO) approved for total coliform for plant and farm source waters. Recognized for use by certified milk laboratories for negative and positive confirmation for total coliform testing.
• USEPA, AOAC and IBWA approved for total coliforms and E. coli.
• Accepted APHA Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater for total coliforms and E. coli.

Economical

• 20-50% less expensive than traditional methods*
• Dramatically reduced labor costs.
• No media preparation, clean-up or waste.
• Shelf life up to 12 months from date of manufacture at room temperature.

Rapid

• Confirmed and completed results within 18 or 24 hours — 30 to 72 hours sooner than traditional methods.
• Less than 1 minute hands-on time.

Convenient

• Pre-measured, unit dosed, and ready to use.
• Clear, easy-to-read color results.
• Collection, incubation and reading can be done in the same vessel.
• Suitable for field use.
• QC procedure can be done in 15 minutes.
• Colisure has a read window that lasts up to 48 hours.

Sensitive and Specific

• Total coliforms and optional E. coli simultaneous detection, identification and confirmation.
• Detects a single viable coliform or E. coli per sample.
• No heterotrophic interference.
• No pre-enrichment or post confirmation steps required.

*According to AWWARF Research Applications, May 1993 #4.

365 NM Portable/Rechargeable UV Lamp is available here


FREE with every order for $100 or more when you purchase Colilert or Colisure P/A reagent.
Our exclusive E. coli Happens coffee mug is yours absolutely free while supplies last. Be sure to specify promo code: ECM1105 when placing your order. One mug per order, please.

Note: Colilert and Colisure are registered trademarks of IDEXX Laboratories. Weber Scientific is a fully approved distributor of these products for the food and dairy industries. Remember these competitive prices are only available to the Food and Beverage industries in the United States and Canada.

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