Salmonellae in spices - Fast proof of with the PROBELIA (TM) PCR system

In different spices Salmonellae could surely be proved within 24 hours with the PROBELIA PCR Test Kit of the BIG-RAD Laboratories Ltd., comparing with the method according S 35 LMBG. At garlic powders, a proof was only possib le, either with PCR or with the conventional method, if 0,5% potassium sulp hite were added to the preliminary enrichment. This was also the case at a mass/volume relationship of 1:100, so that for the investigation of garlic on Salmonellae a change is recommended for the method by S 35 LMBG and by D IN/ISO respectively.