Division 1 Apparatus and reagents

Knife or scissors for cutting specimens.

Trays marked off with 50 squares, each of which can hold samples of approximately 2 g of meat, or other tools giving equivalent guarantees as regards the traceability of the samples.

Meat mincer or electrical blender.

A Stomacher lab-blender 3 500 thermo model.

Plastic bags suitable for the Stomacher lab-blender.

Conical separation funnels, capacity 2 litres, preferably fitted with Teflon safety plugs.

Stands, rings and clamps.

Sieves, mesh size 180 microns, external diameter 11 cm, with stainless steel or brash mesh.

Funnels, internal diameter not less than 12 cm, to support the sieves.

100 ml glass measuring cylinders.

A thermometer accurate to 0,5 °C within the range 1 to 100 °C.

A vibrator, e.g. an electric shaver with the head removed.

A relay which will switch on and off at one-minute intervals.

A trichinoscope with a horizontal table or a stereo-microscope, with a sub-stage transmitted light source of adjustable intensity.

A larval counting basin and a number of 9 cm diameter petri dishes as in Chapter I(1), points (l) and (m).

17,5 % hydrochloric acid.

Pepsin, strength: 1:10 000 NF (US National Formulary) corresponding to 1:12 500 BP (British Pharmacopoeia) and to 2 000 FIP (Fédération internationale de pharmacie), or stabilised liquid pepsin with minimum 660 European Pharmacopoeia units/ml.

A number of 10 litre bins to be used for decontamination of apparatus, e.g. with formol, and for digestive juice remaining where specimens test positive.

A balance accurate to 0,1 g.