Animal Serum Processing

Trained employees handle collection and processing to ensure compliance with cGMP procedures in USDA-inspected abattoirs and in FDA-licensed manufacturing facilities. Rigorous controls and testing are utilized to make sure that each lot of our serum is free of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) pathogens. No preservatives are used and temperatures are carefully monitored at all times.

Prior to final pooling, each serum jug is subject to numerous tests to ensure compliance with product specification. Each test for Endotoxin level, pH, Osmolarity, Virus contamination and Hemoglobin. Approved serum is pooled in refrigerated vats for filtration. Lot sizes can be as great as 1000 liters.

Fetal bovine serum is triple 0.1u filtered in a validated class 100 environment. All other sera are 0.22 micron filtered. The serum is then filtered aseptically into pre-sterilized PETG bottles and the finished product is flash frozen. Glass bottles are available upon request.