Microorganism and pathogen testing are incorporated into environmental monitoring programs to allow continual assessment of cleaning protocols at a microbial level. Target organisms and pathogens are established based on the risks presented in the environment, then a sampling and testing plan is determined based on this assessment.
These may include specific pathogens (e.g. Listeria spp in wet environments or Enterbacteriaceae in dry environments), specific spoilage organisms (e.g. yeast or mould) or indicator organisms (e.g., total plate count, total coliforms). Testing is commonly conducted through onsite testing and environmental swabs, which are then sent offsite to an external laboratory for analysis.
Identifying hazards at a microbial level helps mitigate potential food safety risks in production, allowing them to be appropriately managed to prevent product contamination, product recalls that waste time and money and ensure the safety of both the consumer and the workforce.
For the past fifty years, MacConkey Broth has been the standard medium for the primary isolation of coliform bacteria, and has been recommended for this purpose by the Public Health Laboratory Service Water Committee and the World Health Organisation!
Plates are sample-ready, eliminating the time-consuming, cumbersome step of preparing media/agar dishes.
This plate has been awarded Official Methods of Analysis (OMA) #2003.07, #2003.8 and #2003.11 and NF VALIDATION certificates: 3M-01/9-04/03 A and 3M-01/9-04/03 B by AFNOR Certification.
Neogen Petrifilmª Plates use 75% less energy, use 79% less water, produce 75% less greenhouse gases and result in 66% less waste (by weight and volume) compared to competitive agar methods.
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Simultaneously detects both total coliforms and Escherichia coli; positive results have a distinct magenta colour. Results valid for up to 48 hours. Distinct magenta colour means there's no mistaking a positive result. The Colisure Test also suppresses high levels of noncoliforms, including Aeromonas.
Easy
Distinct magenta colour is easy to see.
Ease of use simplifies training.
Unit-dosed packaging eliminates media preparation.
Quality Control (QC) procedure can be done in 15 minutes.
Rapid
Less than 1 minute of hands-on time.
Detects coliforms and E. coli simultaneously in 24 hours or less.
No confirmations needed.
No glassware cleaning or colony counting.
Accurate
Definitive results at 24 hours; can be read up to 48 hours.
Identifies E. coli specifically, eliminating unnecessary public notification due to non-target organisms.
Suppresses up to 2 million heterotrophs per 100 mL.
Eliminates the subjective interpretation found in traditional methods.
Detects a single viable coliform or E. coli per sample.
Economical
Minimises evening and weekend work.
Up to 12-month shelf life at room temperature.
Flexible
The Colisure Test can be used for presence/absence (P/A) or quantification testing.
Quanti-Tray provides counts to 200/100 mL without dilutions.
Quanti-Tray/2000 provides counts to 2,419/100 mL without dilutions.
Large 2.5-inch foam swab for maximum sample pickup
Write-on swab label for easy sample identification
Presumptive positive results are available for the most common Listeria spp in as little as 24 hours at levels as low as 1-10 CFU/mL
Compared to UVM and BLEB, provides superior/equivalent recovery and faster detection of as low as 10-50 heat-injured Listeria monocytogenes/mL within ~24-48 hours of incubation.
12-month shelf life at refrigerated temperatures (2 - 8℃) - from date of manufacture.
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Large 2.5-inch foam swab for maximum sample pickup
Write-on swab label for easy sample identification
Presumptive positive results are available for the most common Listeria spp in as little as 30 hours at levels as low as 1-10 CFU/mL
Compared to UVM and BLEB, provides superior/equivalent recovery and faster detection of as low as 10-50 heat injured Listeria monocytogenes/mL within ~24-30 hours of incubation.
Provides higher level of selectivity and sensitivity for heat injured L. monocytogenes under binary competition conditions compared to BLEB and UVM media
12 month shelf life at refrigerated temperatures (2 - 8℃) from date of manufacture.
*Free delivery only available to UK Mainland addresses
Introducing the new Neogen Petrifilmª Plate Reader Advanced - the future of Food Safety Lab Automation. With automated plate enumeration and enhanced reporting capabilities, the Petrifilmª Plate Reader Advanced counts colonies on Petrifilmª Plates in 6 seconds or less. Works with 10 different Neogen Petrifilmª Plates including Rapid Aerobic, Rapid Coliform, Rapid E. coli/Coliform, Rapid Yeast and Mould, Enterobacteriaceae and Staph Express Count Plates (Complete list below) Enumeration in 6 seconds or less Reads up to 900 plates per hour Reads 10 barcode symbologies Easy to clean and maintain Compact instrument Assign product specifications and create a Neogen Petrifilmª+Plate worklist Accurate colony counting Store results and allow for trending and reporting Automated reports + data trending Remote access to the software via company intranet or VPN
Utilises adenosine triphosphate (ATP) bioluminescence, the industry standard for the rapid microbial screening of dairy, food and beverage products.
Delivers quality control results in less than 1 hour following a preliminary incubation period
Designed for fast, efficient, and safe product release
A great fit for packaged dairy, food, and beverage products where there is a low expectation of bio-burden such as in ultrahigh
temperature (UHT) pasteurised products
Flexible and easy to use system, even with hard-to-test product types including clear, opaque or highly pigmented, filterable or non-filterable, soluble or non-soluble, high or low pH, preserved or non-preserved and products in aseptic packaging
