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.

• E coli and coliform results in 18 to 24 hours
• Plates are sample-ready, eliminating the time-consuming, cumbersome step of preparing media/agar dishes
• Can be used with the 3M™ Petrifilm™ Plate Reader for consistent, fast, automated reading and recording of results
• This plate has been awarded Official Methods of Analysis (OMA) #201813 for select food and MicroVal certificate no 2017LR76 for a broad range of foods and select environmental surfaces by Lloyd's Register Nederland BV 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
• Food processors and Contract labs worldwide trust 3M™ Petrifilm™ plates to provide accurate, efficient, consistent results

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 to 24 hours. By eliminating subsequent confirmation steps required with most traditional reference methods, the 3M™ Petrifilm™ Rapid E. coli/Coliform Count Plates can help increase productivity and reduce overall lab costs.

Three Steps Offer Fast and Easy to Interpret Results:
1) Inoculate.
2) Incubate.
3) Interpret: Review the interpretation guide.
3M™ Petrifilm™ plates have demonstrated consistent performance that has been cited globally with more than 200 certificates, recognitions, validations, and peer review publications (Link to validations section).