3M Food Safety Launches New Petrifilm™ 48-Hour Yeast and Mold Indicator Test
30 Sept 2013
3M Food Safety announces the global launch of the 3M™ Petrifilm™ Rapid Yeast and Mold Count Plate, an indicator test that enables the detection of yeasts and molds in as little as 48 hours, faster than conventional agar methods. Expanding the 3M Petrifilm Plate technology that has become a worldwide standard for more than 25 years due to its reliability and simplicity, this new plate also offers food processors a simplified solution for inoculation along with an easy, consistent way to interpret and enumerate colonies.
Conventional agar testing methods for yeast and molds require a five to seven day incubation period, the longest waiting time of all microbial quality indicators. By incorporating a new innovative technology, the 3M Petrifilm Rapid Yeast and Mold Count Plate greatly reduces this delay, improving time-to-result, productivity gains, finished goods inventory, and product shelf life.
“Yeast and mold indicator testing is extremely important for determining product freshness and quality, but the current testing process is so long that it can hold up a product’s release for several days.” said Mojdeh Poul, vice president and general manager, 3M Food Safety. “With the 3M Petrifilm Rapid Yeast and Mold Count Plate, we are changing all of that.”
The sample-ready system uses an easy three-step process: Inoculation, Incubation and Enumeration. With the reduced incubation time of as little as 48 hours along with the flexibility of incubation at 25° C or 28° C, food processors can benefit from an innovative solution that enables clearer, easier and faster than ever colony enumeration. The 3M Petrifilm Rapid Yeast and Mold Count Plate results in blue-colored yeast and mold colonies and contains technological enhancements that prevent colonies from spreading or overlapping, providing superior interpretation.
“Being able to clearly enumerate the colonies when there are large, overlapping molds was another important customer need we kept hearing about” said Eric Amann, global marketing manager at 3M Food Safety. “Our researchers were able to significantly improve this attribute in addition to providing faster time-to-result with the plate.”
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Petrifilm™ Rapid Yeast and Mold Count Plates
3MPetrifilm™ Rapid Yeast and Mold Count Plates - Rapid, labor-saving technology for product and environmental testing.Yeasts and molds can grow in a wide range of conditions in your raw materials, finished product and production 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 are a faster, easier method. Featuring a new indicator technology that makes colonies easier to interpret, these completely sample-ready plates provide results in just 48 hours.Proven as reliable as the DRBC and DG-18 spread plate methods as well as the acidified PDA and YGC agar pour plate methods, 3M Petrifilm Rapid Yeast and Mold Count Plates also enhance your productivity by eliminating the inoculation of multiple spread plates, the addition of antibiotics or tartaric acid and the agar preparation process altogether.Petrifilm™ Rapid Yeast and Mold Count Plates Features & Benefits: Easy to use - Added foam barrier around the inoculation area makes inoculating the plates easier. Easy to interpret - Special technology keeps mold colonies from spreading and overlapping. Broad food performance - Can be used with both low and high water activity foods. Proven reliability - Versus DRBC, DG-18, acidified PDA and YGC agar methods. Labor saving - Eliminates the need for the labor intensive, multiple plate spread plate technique. Versatile - Can be used for air, swab or surface contact environmental sampling. Fast Results - New indicator dye technology provides results in 48 hours of incubation time.