National Stock Number
6550-00-153-8833
National Stock Number (NSN) 6550-00-153-8833, or NIIN 001538833, (culture medium,eosin methylene b) was assigned January 1, 1963 in the Federal Logistics Information System (FLIS). This NIIN is Available for Manual Assignment. This NSN replaces 3 stock numbers: 6550002001647, 6505011533354, 6505007831038.
There are 3 manufacturer part numbers associated with this NSN. 2 of those part number(s) are considered obsolete. The manufacturer part numbers were originally supplied by 3 suppliers. Today, one supplier is listed as an Active supplier for this NSN. Of the active suppliers, only one supplier is deemed design controlled or valid supply parts. ISO Group has several sources of supply for this NSN.
This part number has not been procured by the US Government in over 5 years.
Based on a planned procurement review by the Primary Inventory Control Activity (PICA) on Jan 07, 2007, this NSN's acquisition method was noted as: Acquire directly from the actual manufacturer, whether or not the prime contractor is the actual manufacturer. This part is a commercial/non-developmental/off-the-shelf-item. Valid AMCs: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
This NSN is assigned to Item Name Code (INC) 40613. This item does not have a nuclear hardened feature or any other critical feature such as tolerance, fit restriction or application. Information is in the Hazardous Materials Information Resource System (HMIRS). NSN 6550001538833 does not contain precious metals.
This NSN is associated to Schedule B 3821000000: prepared culturl media for development of microorganisms. The Schedule B End Use is listed as chemicals-other. NAICS classification category 325412: pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing.
This information was last updated on Aug 01, 2025.