3M™ Petrifilm™ Rapid E.coli Count (REC) Plates

3M™ Petrifilm™ Rapid E. coli/Coliform Count Plates provide a cost-effective, convenient and reliable method for testing equipment, raw materials, food products and manufacturing environmental samples.

The 3M™ Petrifilm™ Rapid E. coli / Coliform Count (REC) Plate is a selective and differential sample ready culture medium system which contains proprietary nutrients, a cold-water-soluble gelling agent, 5 bromo 4 chloro 3 indolyl D glucuronide (BCIG) an indicator of glucuronidase activity, and a tetrazolium indicator that facilitates colony enumeration. The 3M Petrifilm REC Plate is used for the enumeration of Escherichia coli (E. coli) and coliforms in the food and beverage industries. These plates provide both E. coli and total coliform count information with confirmed in just 18 24 hours.

Recommended Industry for Rapid Coliform Count Plates: Environmental Monitoring, Packaging & Storage Testing, Post-Chill, Pre-Chill, Raw Milk Reception, Ready-to-cook, Ready-to-eat

Benefits

• E. coli and coliform results in 18-24 hours
• Plates are sample-ready, eliminating the time-consuming, cumbersome step of preparing media/agar dishes.
• Available in packs of 50 or 500 Plates
• This plate provides flexibility with validated performance at both ISO and FDA/BAM temperatures and a single incubation time for both E. coli and coliform.
• This plate has been awarded Official Methods of Analysis (OMA) #2018.13 for select food and MicroVal certificate no. 2017LR76 for a broad range of foods and select environmental surfaces by Lloyd's Register Nederland B.V. following ISO 16140-2. Food Categories tested: meat products, dairy and egg products, fish and seafood products, vegetable products, ready to eat and ready to reheat, animal feed and samples from the industrial production environment

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.