Understanding Lab Test Reports

Hi I was wondering if anyone can help understanding lab test reports.

I have been doing some end of life testing and one of the results has come back as 2.4x10^3. I don't understand what this is telling me if anyone could help that would be fantastic.

Thanks

Garry S

Hi I was wondering if anyone can help understanding lab test reports.

 

I have been doing some end of life testing and one of the results has come back as 2.4x10^3. I don't understand what this is telling me if anyone could help that would be fantastic.

 

Thanks

Garry S

Hi Garry,

You may have to supply some more context regarding  the particular testing procedure you are referring to.

PS - Welcome to the Forum ! :welcome:

Hi Charles,

Thank you for the welcome.

Regarding the results it was testing for Yeasts in cfu/g so and it was a muffin being tested .

Thanks for your support.

Garry S

Hi Charles,

 

Thank you for the welcome.

 

Regarding the results it was testing for Yeasts in cfu/g so and it was a muffin being tested .

 

Thanks for your support.

 

Garry S

Hi Garry,

I'm a little confused.

By "end of life" did you mean shelf-life ?

gazza1973

If your question is deeper see Charles' queries. However, if you just don't understand the notation, 2.4x10^3. cfu/g means that they found 2,400 yeast or mold colonies per gram of the product tested. It reads "two-point-four times ten to the 3rd power".

As to what implications that number has on the testing you were performing, we need a lot more information on why you were performing the testing, what the goals were, how the sample was collected/held, etc.

Hi Garry,

 

I'm a little confused.

 

By "end of life" did you mean shelf-life ?

Hi Charles,

Thank you for your reply it is end of shelf life, sorry it my slang on words.

Take care

Garry S

gazza1973

 

If your question is deeper see Charles' queries. However, if you just don't understand the notation, 2.4x10^3. cfu/g means that they found 2,400 yeast or mold colonies per gram of the product tested. It reads "two-point-four times ten to the 3rd power".

 

As to what implications that number has on the testing you were performing, we need a lot more information on why you were performing the testing, what the goals were, how the sample was collected/held, etc.

Hi FurFarmandFork,

That is a fantastic help you are a star.

Thank you

Garry S

For a little more information regarding cfu (colony forming units) and how they are expressed, check this out:

https://www.research...fu_for_bacteria

For a little more information regarding cfu (colony forming units) and how they are expressed, check this out:

 

https://www.research...fu_for_bacteria

Hi Parkz,

Thks for the link. Good stuff.

I suspect the major OP problem was with the "^".

Now to perhaps be additionally followed by a query over the "log" :smile: