The Neogen® Petrifilm® Coliform Count Plate provides confirmed results in just 24 hours. By eliminating subsequent confirmation steps required with most traditional reference methods, the Petrifilm Coliform Count Plates can help increase productivity and reduce overall lab costs. This plate is a sample-ready-culture medium system which contains Violet Red Bile (VRB) nutrients, a cold water soluble gelling agent, and a tetrazolium indicator that facilitates colony enumeration in food and beverage samples.

The Petrifilm Coliform Count Plate can also be read using the Petrifilm Plate Reader Advanced which provides consistent, fast, automated reading and recording of results of Petrifilm Plates in 6 seconds.

The Petrifilm Plate Advantage

In today’s environment of heightened focus on food safety and increasingly stringent quality requirements, labs are under pressure to provide tests that are fast, reliable and consistently accurate. Petrifilm Plates have demonstrated consistent performance that has been cited globally with more than 200 certificates, recognitions, validations, and peer-review publications. For almost 40 years, food safety professionals around the world have put their trust in Petrifilm Plates. That’s because Petrifilm Plates have streamlined, standardized and simplified the process of microbial quantitative indicator testing, improving productivity and helping ensure the highest levels of product quality.