Seward Inc. Highlighting Its Stomacher® Range at IAFP 2011


Seward Stomacher® sample preparation products for food safety applications on Booth #132

Long Island, N.Y. - Seward, the manufacturer and developer of the world leading, patented Stomacher® Paddle Blender range, will be exhibiting at IAFP 2011, Milwaukee, WI, July 31 - August 3 on Booth #132. Seward Laboratory Systems Inc., the company's US-based sales and technical support office, will highlight a broad spectrum of sample preparation products for microbiological analyses of food products. Notably the Seward Stomacher 3500, ideal for large volume sample preparation of meat for E.coli testing, and Seward Stomacher 400, which globally processes over 8 million food samples daily, will be demonstrated on Booth #132.

Based in Long Island, New York since September 2008, backed by Seward's global Headquarters in the UK, where all Stomacher blender systems are manufactured, Seward Laboratory Systems Inc. works closely with its North American customers. This direct customer sales and technical support ensures the delivery of quality Stomacher products and guarantees stock availability for food safety sample preparation prior to microbiological analyses.

Seward Stomacher is the most highly referenced brand name in food safety in scientific publications for the production of reproducible homogenised samples. Sample preparation is a critical step in all microbiological analyses and Stomacher paddle blenders and associated Stomacher bags guarantee reliable and consistent homogenising performance through industrial strength, power and build quality. Such is their quality, all Stomacher Lab Blenders hold a 3 year no quibble warranty.

For further information on Seward's Stomacher® range and other sample preparation products, please visit: www.seward.co.uk or www.sewardUSA.com.

About Seward Limited - www.seward.co.uk

Seward manufactures the world leading range of Stomacher® paddle blenders and Stomacher® accessories used in sample preparation for microbiological analyses. The company has been manufacturing and developing the world renown and patented Stomacher® Lab Blender for 40 years. The original and still regarded as the best, over 8 million food samples a day are prepared on Stomacher® 400 paddle blender units around the world.

In addition to sample preparation for food safety analyses, within the bioscience market the new developments of the Stomacher® 80 and micro 80 are proving invaluable for safe and efficient sample processing. The Stomacher® 3500 has established itself as the instrument of choice for preparing samples for the new pathogen test protocols requiring jumbo size samples.

The company is based in Worthing, West Sussex, UK with subsidiaries in Long Island, N.Y., USA and Singapore. All Seward machine products are manufactured within the UK and 1 of its 3 worldwide Stomacher® bag manufacturing operations is also UK-based. This ensures control of quality and price to deliver excellent value to global trading partners and laboratory customers.

Seward Limited continues to develop the product range, now with 3 patents to its credit. Stomacher® is the most highly referenced brand name in food safety and life science sample preparation in scientific publications. The company also assists customers with method development through reference searches and sample evaluations within its own development laboratory.

Seward contact details:

Europe and ROW: +44 (0) 1903 823077; info@seward.co.uk

US & Canada: +1 631 750 5660; info@sewardusa.com

Asia, Pacific and Middle East: +65 67447811; info@sewardinternational.com

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e: stuartray@seward.co.uk

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