In today’s landscape of heightened food safety standards and increasingly rigorous quality expectations, laboratories are challenged to deliver fast, reliable, and consistently accurate testing. Petrifilm® Plates—such as the E. coli/Coliform Count (EC) Plate—are trusted worldwide, backed by over 200 certifications, validations, peer-reviewed publications, and recognitions for consistent, high-quality performance.
For nearly four decades, food safety professionals have relied on Petrifilm® Plates to streamline and standardize microbial indicator testing. Their ease of use, reproducibility, and efficiency have helped laboratories enhance productivity while supporting stringent quality control protocols.
The 3M® Petrifilm® E. coli/Coliform Count Plate upholds this legacy, delivering the quality, reliability, and convenience expected from the Petrifilm® line.
Features at-a-glance:
- - Confirmed E. coli results in 24-48 hours.
- - Our E. coli/Coliform plates are sample-ready, eliminating all the time-consuming steps of preparing media/agar dishes.
- - This plate has been awarded Official Methods of Analysis OMA #991.14.for Food OMA # 998.08 for poultry, meat, and seafood.
- - Can be used with the Petrifilm® Plate Reader Advanced for consistent, fast, automated reading and recording of results.