3M™ Petrifilm™ Rapid Yeast and Mold Count Plate features a new indicator technology that makes colonies easier to interpret. This sample-ready culture medium system provides results in as little as 48 hours of incubation time.

Yeast and molds can grow in a wide range of conditions in raw materials, finished products, and production environments, making them difficult to control. The 3M™ Petrifilm™ Rapid Yeast and Mold Count Plate method is faster and easier than the traditional agar method, which requires a five-day incubation period.

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 productivity by eliminating the inoculation of multiple spread plates, the addition of antibiotics or tartaric acid, and the agar preparation process altogether. Faster results provide more time to monitor processes and ensure tighter process controls, along with a higher-quality product.

Key Features and Benefits:

Yeast and mold results in 48-72 hours
Plates are sample-ready, eliminating all the time-consuming steps of preparing media/agar dishes
Easy to use: Added foam barrier around the inoculation area makes inoculating the plates easier
This plate has been awarded Official Methods of Analysis (OMA) #2014.05 for Select food and NF VALIDATION certificate: 3M 01/13-07/14 for All human food products, Pet food, Animal feed and Environmental products (primary production sample excepted) by AFNOR Certification
Versatile: It can be used for air, swab or surface contact environmental sampling
Easy to interpret: Special technology keeps mold colonies from spreading and overlapping
Food processors and contract labs worldwide trust 3M Petrifilm Plates to provide accurate, efficient, consistent results
Broad food performance: Can be used with both low and high water activity foods

Three Easy Steps Offer Fast, Easy-to-Interpret Results:*

Inoculate: 3M Petrifilm Aerobic Count Plates are easy to inoculate. Lift the top film and add sample.
Incubate: The space-saving design minimizes incubator space requirements.
Interpret: Count the colonies.

*Refer to the instructions for use for additional information and more details on validations.

The 3M Petrifilm Plate Advantage

In today’s environment of heightened focus on food safety and increasingly stringent quality requirements, labs are under pressure to provide tests that are fast, reliable, and consistently accurate. 3M Petrifilm Plates have demonstrated consistent performance that has been cited globally with more than 200 certificates, recognitions, validations, and peer-reviewed publications. For more than 30 years, food safety professionals around the world have put their trust in 3M Petrifilm Plates. That’s because 3M Petrifilm Plates have streamlined, standardized, and simplified the process of microbial quantitative indicator testing, improving productivity and helping ensure the highest levels of product quality.