For nearly 40 years, Agriyork400 has been ahead of the curve. 

 

Since July 2024 EU Law ( with UK manufacturers also following their European counterparts.) 

 

States: 

 

Member States shall ensure that single-use plastic products listed in Part C of the Annex that have caps and lids made of plastic may be placed on the market only if the caps and lids remain attached to the containers during the products’ intended use stage. 

 

Product design requirements 

• Tethered caps and lids for all beverage containers and bottles up to 3 litres, 5 years after the entry into force of the directive (to be applied 5 years after the entry into force of the Directive). 

 

UK manufacturers are following this directive in order to harmonise their production lines. ( and make their products easier to recycle ) 

 

Since 1987, Agriyork400 Ltd have been supplying their plastic vials with attached lids. 

When your sample vial contains important material use a snap seal design from Agriyork400. 

 

Buy from Agriyork400 and help save the planet. 

 

 

All our vials have attached lids. 

The vials are aseptic by manufacture, and come with a variety of seals. 

SNAP, LOCK, and CUSTODY.  

Different styles for different applications. 

 

What does "Aseptic by manufacture" mean? 

Our vials are produced from a single slug of polypropylene. 

In a hot injection moulding process, the attached lid and the body of the vial are formed from this slug of plastic. 

The vials leave the mould with the lid attached. 

 

This advantage is not possible with a detached lid. 

Also, in the lab the detached lid offers the potential for contamination as the lid has to held or laid on a surface. 

 

Please contact us to discuss which vial is best suited to your application. 

Agriyork400 Ltd and QualiTru Sampling Systems (formerly known as QMI), leaders in the science of aseptic and representative sampling equipment for the brewing, infusions and fermentation manufacturing sectors. 

The brewing industry is rapidly developing low alcohol and "zero" alcohol products. 

However, low alcohol products create more considerations in ensuring product quality and taste. 

Ethanol at high concentrations, is a great bactericide, so more care must be taken to guard against microbial contamination of a low alcohol brew. 

 

With this in mind, Agriyork400 Ltd and Qualitru have developed an application specific brochure designed for the brewing industry and the unique challenges faced in the fermentation process. 

Please click on the cover page to download the PDF. →→ 

 

Qualitru Sampling Systems and TruStream Ports are widely used in the dairy industry. 

We have developed and produced an industry specific brochure to help our customers employ best practices in dairy sampling. 

Click on the cover page to download the PDF →→  

 

Or watch our video below  

 

Sterile or Aseptic? Understanding the Difference and why the TruStream range of sampling ports from Qualitru help maintain your product quality. 

 

 

Ensuring the quality and safety of dairy and food products is the number one priority of processors, explaining why questions surrounding sterile or aseptic frequently enter into the conversation, especially when discussing equipment cleanliness and sampling or testing techniques. While the words sterile and aseptic are often used interchangeably, they are not, in fact, interchangeable. Understanding the difference is important to ensure favourable outcomes in dairy and food processing, sample collection, and laboratory testing. 

 

 

In general, sterile applies to equipment and environments. It is the concept of having or using equipment that is totally germ-free. To reach this level of cleanliness, equipment must be cleaned and sanitized using specialized procedures, sterilized using validated techniques in which the ability to kill all living organisms has been tested and verified, supplied in special packaging designed to ensure maintained sterility during storage and shipping, and handled in special ways. 

In medicine, for example, sterile equipment and supplies are vital to prevent contamination and infection during surgery. Similarly, sterile needles are required so patients are not infected from inoculations or during a blood draw. While the circumstances are, of course, different, the concept is the same in dairy and food processing. 

When sampling and testing equipment are introduced to a process and come into contact with food, they should be sterile so there is no danger of introducing harmful bacteria or other microbes. This attention to sterility plays a critical role in upholding the quality, shelf stability, and safety of dairy and other food products and is vital for making sure samples collected from the product are free from exogenous contamination. 

 

 

Aseptic is a term that is generally applied to techniques that keep equipment or an environment sterile. Aseptic techniques are designed to prevent the introduction or transfer of microorganisms to an environment. In other words, they keep sterile things sterile. 

 

In a dairy or liquid food processing environment, aseptic sampling technique is critical to control contamination of either the collected samples or the food product being sampled. Aseptic techniques are required for inserting sterile sampling equipment into the production line and for collecting samples through sterile equipment. If aseptic technique is not followed, the positive effect of sterile sampling equipment is lost, collected samples may be inaccurate or become contaminated, test results will be untrustworthy, and harmful organisms may be added to products being sampled. 

 

Aseptic Sampling Is Critical to Testing Accuracy 

 

Dairy and food industries are vulnerable to a multitude of microbial contaminants that can compromise the quality and safety of their products. As such, the importance of proper sampling technique cannot be overemphasized. Aseptic sampling through sterile sampling equipment is critical to ensure food safety, product quality, and informed decision-making.