Re: [compost_tea] E.coli and coliform testing in ACT

From: <soilfoodweb_at_aol.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 10:43:18 -0400
The place to go for the standards for E. coli testing is the USEPA website.  They only approve a few methods for doing the testing for fecal E. coli. 

You need to ask whatever lab you choose for the testing if they use EPA approved tests. 

If you have trouble finding the US EPA website, check the SFI website, www.soilfoodweb.com.  In our testing methods section, ad we list the source, since we do E. coli tests using both the EPA approved coli-blue method as well as a molecular method (faster turn-around, and more accurate at lower numbers).

If you can't find that on the website, call SFI and chat with Matt about the reference for the test.

Elaine Ingham
President, Soil Foodweb Inc.
SFI Corvallis, OR
SFI Port Jefferson, NY
SFI Lismore, NSW, Australia
SFI Hilversum, The Netherlands
SFI Cambridge, New Zealand
SFI Culiacan, Mexico
SFI Jerome, Idaho
http://www.soilfoodweb.com


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