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Sourcing & Quality

Our Serum: Traceable to the Source

When scientists select their sera, the geographical source and the products traceability are of paramount importance.
Sources

Fetal Bovine Serum

Biowest supplies a wide range of serum origins, including sources from Central America, Australia, and the United States, all approved by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). We are also registered with TRACES and able to export to the EU.

The choice of FBS origin is determined by customer needs, import requirements, and worldwide supply.

Professionals will find Biowest to be the ideal partner for meeting their requirements, such as choosing the origin of serum that provides optimal performance and results.

Biological safety is ensured through USDA-regulated import requirements combined with internationally recognized animal health monitoring, including: 

Process

Filtration and Packaging

Raw pooled Fetal Bovine Serum is filtered through a three-stage series of 0.1 micron sterilizing filters. The sterile-filtered serum is then true-pooled to ensure homogeneity. 

Biowest products are packaged via an aseptic filling process. 

We ensure that industry sterility standards are met at every step of manufacturing. 

Filtration and dispensing are performed under positive pressure in HEPA-filtered, environmentally controlled rooms. 

Each batch is delivered with a Certificate of Analysis. 

Our Fetal Bovine Serum is extracted from clotted whole blood collected aseptically from the fetus via cardiac puncture.

Biowest analyses, classifies, and tests its products before shipment to customers worldwide. Our Quality System can trace raw materials back to the original supplier and slaughterhouses where they were collected. Biowest’s system of vertical integration provides origin certification and full sera traceability.

01

Animal Collection

Blood collected in accordance with USDA import requirements. BSE status verified before processing. Geographic origin confirmed.

02

Processing & QC Testing

Filtration, treatment, and quality testing run under ISO-certified conditions. No batch is released until it passes the panel it was assigned.

03

Documentation & Dispatch

CoA, health certificate and certificate of origin issued per lot