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  • Save time without sacrificing accuracy.

    3M™ Petrifilm™ Plates are sample-ready—eliminating the need to prepare media/agar dishes.

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    Learn ways to help strengthen your food quality and safety protocol.

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  • Sustainability power.

    Read the results of a study examining the reductions in primary energy demand, blue water consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from 3M™ Petrifilm™ Plates.

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    Discover the findings in a study comparing the consistency of results between 3M™ Petrifilm™ Plates and other testing methods.

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  • Science for the modern lab.

  • Advance your lab with 3M™ Petrifilm™ Plates and the 3M™ Petrifilm™ Plate Reader Advanced. Save time without agar preparation. Get a wide range of indicator organism plates that are ready to go right out of the pack and require less energy and water than traditional methods.

Proven testing method for consistent, reliable results.

3M™ Petrifilm™ testing solutions provide an advanced approach for your indicator organism testing.

Indicator Organism Testing Solutions

Easier processes. Faster results. Space saving designs. Find evolved testing methods to meet the needs of today’s modern labs.

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    Fast and accurate colony counting.

    The 3M™ Petrifilm™ Plate Reader Advanced accurately enumerates plates in 6 seconds or less.

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    Get results up to twice as fast.

    3M™ Petrifilm™ Rapid Plates give you all the advantages of our standard 3M Petrifilm Plates with a faster time to result.

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Use a system you can trust.

Third-party validations confirm that our method has proven to be reliable and repeatable and performs equal to or better than the reference method to which it was compared.

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    AOAC INTERNATIONAL

    Certified as AOAC® Performance Tested Method(SM) and AOAC® Official Method of Analysis(SM)

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    NF VALIDATION certificate granted by AFNOR Certification

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How to use 3M™ Petrifilm™ Plates

Accurate testing requires accurate sampling. Before starting the simple, three-step process, ensure your sample is ready for testing.

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    1. Inoculate.

    Eliminate media preparation — plates are ready to inoculate.

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    2. Incubate.

    A compact incubator is all you need.

  • Colony counting of a 3M Petrifilm Plate.
    3. Interpret.

    Indicator dyes facilitate colony counting. Use the 3M™ Petrifilm™ Plate Reader Advanced to automate your counting process.

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    See the process in action.

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Looking for more instructions for 3M™ Petrifilm™ Plates?

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A range of 3M Petrifilm products provide the plates you need for the testing your lab does every day.

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    Environmental Monitoring Procedures

    3M Petrifilm plates can be used for environmental monitoring, including surface monitoring using a direct contact method, swabs or sponges, and air sampling.

    See procedure details and step-by-step instructions (PDF, 2 MB)
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    Environmental Monitoring

    Indicator organism testing is just one part of a strong environmental monitoring program.

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    Discover resources that help you deepen your scientific expertise and improve food safety and quality within your company.

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