The Neogen® Petrifilm® Bacillus cereus Count (BC) Plate is a selective and differential sample-ready-culture-medium system that contains proprietary nutrients, a cold-water-soluble gelling agent, chromogenic indicators, and a lecithinase substrate that facilitates colony enumeration in as little as 20 hours. This medium is used for the enumeration of the Bacillus cereus group, also known as the B. cereus sensu lato group, without confirmation in the food and beverage industries. Bacillus cereus is commonly found in soil putting a wide range of foods at risk.

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. Petrifilm® Plates have demonstrated consistent performance that has been cited globally with more than 200 certificates, recognitions, validations, and peer-review publications. For almost 40 years, food safety professionals around the world have put their trust in Petrifilm® Plates. That’s because Petrifilm® Plates have streamlined, standardised, and simplified the process of microbial quantitative indicator testing, improving productivity and helping ensure the highest levels of product quality.

• Bacillus cereus results as soon as 20 hours
• No antibiotic handling or exposure to hazardous substrates
• No drying steps needed before incubation tests for the entire sensu lato group, including B. cytotoxicus
• A selective and differential medium that allows the enumeration of Bacillus cereus
• Plates are sample-ready, eliminating all the time-consuming steps of preparing media/agar dishes
• This plate has been awarded MicroVal certificate number 2023LR132 in compliance with ISO 16140-2 in comparison to ISO 7932 for broad range of foods and animal feed