Scharlau MacConkey Agar, Eur. Pharm.

Scharlau MacConkey Agar is a selective and differential culture medium used for detecting, isolating and counting Salmonella and coliforms. The manufacturer describes clinical-specimen use in the context of the Pharmacopoeial Harmonised Method and food-sample use with reference to ISO 21150. These source references define the documented application context rather than a separate diagnostic or regulatory certification. The laboratory should select the appropriate method for its sample and intended microbiological endpoint. Reference 01-118-500 identifies the dehydrated agar presentation. It does not supply the ready-prepared plates, tubes or bottled media also shown on the product-family page. The selected article is supplied as 500 g of dehydrated medium in a vacuum-wrapped flask. Prepare it and perform incubation, reading and quality-control checks according to the applicable laboratory procedure and manufacturer instructions.