3M™ Petrifilm™ Rapid Coliform Count Plates are designed to provide fast, accurate results in detecting coliform contamination. Coliform colonies may begin to appear at 6 hours of incubation as discrete yellow zones indicating colony forming units (CFUs). Presumptive coliforms may be recorded at 14 hours. Confirmed coliforms will appear as red colonies associated with gas after 8 - 24 hours of incubation.
Recommended Industry for Rapid Coliform Count Plates: Dairy, Fruits & Vegetables, Meat, Pet Food & Animal Feed, Poultry & Eggs, Prepared & Processed Foods, Seafood
Benefits
- Coliform results in 6 - 14 hours. Confirmed coliform results at 24 hours.
- Plates are sample-ready, eliminating the time-consuming, cumbersome step of preparing media/agar dishes.
- Companies worldwide trust 3M Petrifilm Plates to provide accurate, efficient, consistent results.
- Available in packs of 50 or 500 Plates
Method: AOAC Official Method of Analysis
- Foods: Up to 24h - ± 2h at 35℃ - ± 1℃
NF Validation by AFNOR Certification
- Processed Pork and Seafood: 14h - ± 30min at 30℃ - ± 1℃ or 24h - ± 2h at 30℃ - ± 1℃
- All Other Human Foods: 14h - ± 30min at 35℃ - ± 1℃ or 24h - ± 2h at 35℃ - ± 1℃
Incubation: Stacks of 20 or less
Optimum pH Range: 6.5-7.5
Recommended Counting Range:
Counting Area: 20cm2
Spreader Type: 3M™ Petrifilm™ Spreader
The innovative 3M Petrifilm Count Plates range offers a fast, easy to use, reliable and accurate disposable microbiological counting system. Petrifilm count plates are designed to improve testing efficiency and reduce operational costs versus traditional methods, helping contract and in-house laboratories increase productivity and profitability./p>