Compact Dry™ TC Ready to Use Medium For Total Viable Count Testing, With AOAC Certification, 4 Packs of 60 Plates

Compact Dry TC is used to detect and determine the total viable count in food products and the environment to monitor the degree of cleanliness as well as sanitary safety.

Compact Dry TC is a ready-to-use medium to determine Enterococcus species, including E. avium, E. casseliflavus, E. durans, E. faecalis, E. faecium, E. gallinarum, E. haemoperoxidus, E. hirae, E. malodoratus, E. mundtii, E. pseudoavium, and E. thailandicus by the combination of selective agents and chromogenic substrates

Traditional plate methods have been widely used to determine microbial counts, but these methods are time-consuming and require media preparation.

To save operator time and make it possible for anyone to perform the microbial count test without difficulty, Compact Dry was developed based on a new concept and technology applicable to the food industry.

Ship and store at room temperature. No need for a refrigerator!

Certification by AOAC!

Compact Dry TC has been compared to AOAC Official Method 966.23 and certified by the AOAC Research Institute Performance Tested Methods Program (Certificate No. 010404) for enumeration of total viable counts in raw meat (raw ground beef, raw ground pork, raw pork, raw lamb, and raw veal).

A matrix extension comparing Compact Dry TC to ISO 4833:2003 for cooked chicken, fresh pre washed bagged shredded iceberg lettuce, frozen cod filets, instant nonfat dry milk, and pasteurized 2% milk was approved in 2015.

A matrix extension to raw chicken breast with enumeration at 24 hours and 48 hours and a modification for raw ground beef for enumeration at 24 hours compared to FSIS MLG 3.02 were approved in 2020

• Rigid frame with aerobic headspace

• No need for spreader

• Stack up to 60 plates

• Room temperature storage

• Easily select intact colony for confirmation

• No interpretation of gas bubbles

• Gamma irradiated post packaging

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