Yeasts and moulds can grow in a wide range of conditions on your raw materials, products and process environment, making them difficult to control. Complicating matters is the five-day incubation period required by traditional agar methods. 3M Petrifilm Rapid Yeast and Mold Count Plates simplify and accelerate detection. Featuring a new indicator technology that makes colonies easier to interpret, these completely sample-ready plates return results in just 48 hours.
Recommended Industry for Rapid Yeast and Mold Count Plates: Bakery, Beverage & Bottled Water, Confectionary, Dairy, Eggs, Fruits & Vegetables, Meat, Nutraceuticals, Nuts, Pet Food & Animal Feed, Poultry, Poultry & Eggs, Prepared & Processed Foods, Seafood, Dairy, Eggs, Fruits & Vegetables, Meat, Nutraceuticals, Pet Food & Animal Feed, Poultry, Poultry & Eggs, Prepared & Processed Foods, Seafood
Benefits
- Yeast and mould results in 48-60 hours.
- Proven as reliable as DRBC and DG-18 spread plate methods, as well as acidified PDA and YGC agar pour plate methods
- Can be used with both low and high water activity foods
- Eliminates the need for the labour intensive, multiple plates spread plate technique
- Available in packs of 50 or 500 Plates
- Versatility for air, swab or surface contact environmental sampling
Method: AOAC Official Method of Analysis
- Selected Foods: 48-60h at 25℃ - ± 1℃ or 28℃ - ± 1℃
NF Validation by AFNOR Certification
- All Human Food Products, Animal Feed and Environmental Products (Primary Production Samples Excepted): 60-72h at 25℃ - ± 1℃ or 28℃ - ± 1℃
Incubation: Stacks of 40 or less
Optimum pH Range: Not Applicable
Recommended Counting Range:
Counting Area: 30cm2
Spreader Type: 3M Petrifilm Flat 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>