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Fresh science for the modern lab

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3M™ Petrifilm™ Plates are made for today’s food science

The global food safety landscape is continuously changing. Are you keeping up? Unlike traditional agar methods, 3M™ Petrifilm™ Plates are ready to use — no prep required. Each slim pack offers consistent, uniform testing media. Just open it up and get right to work. Find new freedom with time to focus on what’s really important: quality and efficiency. It’s time to take a fresh look at food safety.

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Reliable consistency and fast results with 3M™ Petrifilm™ Rapid Plates

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How to use 3M™ Petrifilm™ Plates

  • A gloved hand lifting the cover of a 3M™ Petrifilm™ Plate and a pipette dropping liquid onto the test area.
    1. Inoculate

    Eliminate media prep — plates are ready to inoculate.

  • A gloved hand holding up a 3M™ Petrifilm™ Plate, displaying its small, convenient size.
    2. Incubate

    A compact incubator is all you need.

  • A gloved hand pointing a market at a covered 3M™ Petrifilm™ Plate, demonstrating the indicator dyes that facilitate colony counting.
    3. Interpret

    Indicator dyes facilitate colony counting.

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3M™ Petrifilm™ Plates: Certifications and validations

Third-party validations such as AOAC confirm that the method has been scrutinized to prove that it is reliable, repeatable and has performed equal to or better than the reference method to which it was compared.

  • AOAC® Performance Tested Methods℠ (PTM)

  • AOAC® Official Methods of Analysis℠ (OMA)

  • NF VALIDATION by AFNOR Certification

  • Health Canada Certification

Learn which plates have specific certifications

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Help save time and money with new automated testing processes.

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Resources for 3M™ Petrifilm™ Plates

Food safety support Customer Care Professionals: 1‑800‑364‑3577 Customer Care Professionals: 1‑800‑364‑3577
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