Food safety testing volumes are rising, but enrichment media preparation workflows have not kept pace.
For high-throughput food microbiology laboratories, manual media preparation can consume skilled technician time, require significant equipment and space, increase documentation burden, and limit the ability to flex with fluctuating sample demand.
This white paper explores why enrichment media preparation should no longer be treated as a background task. It examines the operational, financial, compliance, infrastructure, workforce, and sustainability implications of manual workflows, and outlines why forward-looking laboratories are reassessing this critical upstream step.
Download the white paper to learn why media preparation may be one of the most overlooked constraints in modern food microbiology workflows - and what lab leaders should measure when evaluating their next steps.