UNSPSC 41171607: Enriched culture medium

In this classification, a Enriched culture medium connotes a device used that consists primarily of specific and known qualities that favors the growth of a particular microorganism. US FDA regulates Enriched culture medium under 21 CFR 866.2330 and under FDA product code KZI.

UNSPSC 41171607 Enriched culture medium is a Commodity code tracking microbial growth substrates and prepared media used in laboratory and clinical testing environments. State and local governments procure enriched culture media primarily through public health departments, hospital systems, clinical laboratories, and educational institutions for diagnostic microbiology, quality assurance testing, and research applications. The media are typically purchased as ready-to-use formulations or dehydrated powders that support the cultivation of fastidious organisms requiring nutrient-rich environments — including blood agar, chocolate agar, selective and differential media, and enrichment broths used in bacterial identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing.

The source provided contains no recent state and local contract opportunities tagged to this code. Without posted solicitations, geographic concentration and issuing-body activity cannot be characterized from current procurement records.