Esco's biosafety cabinet receives Japanese certificate

By Kirsty Barnes

- Last updated on GMT

Esco Micro is the first company outside of Japan to have a Class II
biosafety cabinet certified to the Japanese standard for
microbiological testing requirements, which are the most stringent
in the world.

>Esco's​ Labculture Class II Type A2 Biosafety cabinet series was recently approved by Japan Air Cleaning Association (JACA) for compliance to the tough requirements of Japanese Industrial Standard K3800:2000 for microbiological safety cabinets. With another recent certification to the new Chinese standard for biosafety cabinets, SFDA YY 00569-2005, Esco's Labculture cabinets now hold the most number of international certifications in the world.In addition, Esco is also one of only 11 biosafety cabinet manufacturers in the world to be certified to the US Standard NSF49 for Class II biological safety cabinets.The Labculture series was first launched and certified to the European standard for microbiological safety cabinets, EN12469:2000 in early 2004.Since then it has been popular in the laboratory, with features including ULPA filters with >99.999 per cent efficiency, a microprocessor-based control system, anti-microbial powder-coated body and laminated shatter-proof safety glass.

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