Easy Plate CC

Easy Plate CC is a microbiological culture device made up of a waterproof sheet, a readymade dry medium on the sheet and a transparent cover over the medium. The Easy Plate CC method is intended to indicate the level of coliform bacteria in food products as an alternative to the Violet Red Bile Agar method in U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Bacteriological Analytical Manual (FDA BAM): Enumeration of Escherichia coli and the Coliform Bacteria.

It is compact, easy to use and reduces the total amount of waste produced during testing. The Easy Plate CC method has been granted AOAC Research Institute Performance Tested Methods SM (for raw ground pork, raw lamp, raw ground chicken, raw tuna fillet, raw salmon fillet, raw shrimp, fresh peeled banana, fresh-cut pineapple, and fresh-cut apples.

During the preparation of the plates for incubation, no additional tools are required. due to the hydrophobic ring around the culture area, which helps with the automatic spreading of the sample on the culture area.