This stockshot offers illustration footage of Laboratorios Bromatológicos Araba S.A. (ARALAB), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, a laboratory which detects pathogens in food products and which now has equipment to detect the presence of Covid-19.

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Infoclip: Covid-19 - Foodstuff testing in laboratory

Title: Infoclip: Coronavirus: Foodstuff testing in laboratory

Exterior view of ARALAB Laboratorios Araba S.A.

Cold room with food samples for analysis (5 shots)

Laboratory technician brings food sample in the Room for food analysis

Room for food analysis, sample preparation, food cutting and add diluent. Once diluted, it is placed in a bag in the homogenize (STOMACHER). (13 shots)

Samples are taken from each food and put into vials (4 shots)

Placing the vials in a centrifuge (3 shots)

Preparation of the Covid 19 PCR test (6 shots)

Plate of sample put into the thermal cycler, PCR operation. In this phase covid-19 is detected. (3 shots)

Reading of plate growths after incubation is completed (3 shots)

Incubation area, incubators where the plates with cultures are placed. The parameters are temperature and time.

Ultraviolet light which eliminates all bacteria and viruses. It's activated when there's no one in the room (2 shots)