CompactDry Coliform (CF), for colony counts of food samples

SKU:
54053
  • $192.30
  • Description

    CompactDry™ Coliform (CF), for colony counts of food samples

    Cat. no.

    54053

    PACK SIZE:

    60 packages of 4 plates

    CompactDry™ CF is a ready-to-use dehydrated media plate used to detect coliform bacteria in food and beverages. Coliform bacteria are an indicator of the presence of enteric pathogens in water, meat, seafood, dairy and other foods.

    Monitoring and identification of coliforms is used at each step of the food production process as a quality control parameter. The CompactDry™ CF selective media contains the chromogenic enzyme substrate X-Gal which result in a blue to blue/green colonies. CompactDry™ CF enables easy culture and coliform count in solid food stuff (homogenized with buffer solution), water/liquid samples and swab based environmental testing for surfaces and production areas.

    CompactDry™ CF is AOAC approved.

    The benefits are easy to spot:
    Each cassette comes with 4 connected plates that can be easily snapped apart to support a variety of dilution scenarios

    • Sturdy frame, stackable packaging
    • Self-diffusing media
    • Ability to subculture without damage to colonies
    • Stored at room temperature vs the competitor products with storage at temperatures less than or equal to 8°C
    • No leakage
    • Easy to label

    Use the The Wizard™, CompactDry™ Reader, Version 2 to automatically read CompactDry plates.