Food Safety Laboratory Automation
Increase the productivity of your lab with food testing hardware and software that utilises breakthrough technology to help streamline your operation. The 3M portfolio of food testing products features automated solutions to help you improve productivity and keep moving forward.
Fast, accurate colony counting.
Accurately enumerate plates in 6 seconds or less with the 3M™ Petrifilm™
Plate Reader Advanced. Discover how you can advance your lab's
productivity and testing capacity.
Advance the productivity of your lab with 3M Petrifilm Plate Reader Advanced
There's no slowing down with automated 3M Petrifilm Plate enumeration using the 3M Petrifilm Plate Reader Advanced. It’s time to advance the efficiency of your lab by
automating the imaging, interpretation and tracking of results. This system achieved up to 94% reduced time to enumerate 3M™ Petrifilm™ Plates (observed on the 3M Petrifilm Aerobic Count Plate with High Counts).
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Productive- Improve laboratory efficiency and maintain accuracy in a space saving design
- Plate enumeration in 6 seconds or less
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Proficient- Standardised technology for accuracy and easy to use software
- Accurate colony counting
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Proactive- Software simplifies results storage and offers data analytics
- Automated reports and data trending for actionable insights
Explore the 3M Petrifilm Plate Reader Advanced
See how food testing solutions from 3M can help you automate and streamline your operation with features designed to help improve productivity and maintain accuracy.
How to use 3M Petrifilm Plate Reader Advanced
See how easy it is to get your lab up and running using the 3M Petrifilm Plate Reader Advanced.
Dive deeper on how to improve your lab's productivity
Learn more about how 3M food testing technology can help your lab improve productivity and efficiency.
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Visually counting colonies on a plate is a time-consuming task which has made automated plate counters a valuable tool in a microbiology laboratory. The 3M Petrifilm Plate Reader Advanced automates the enumeration of nine 3M Petrifilm Plates, plus the 3M Petrifilm Staph Express Disk to aid lab analysts while performing this task.
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Join Brad Stawick, President and Technical Director at Stawick Laboratory Management, and Alec Teagarden from 3M Food Safety, for a discussion on ways that food laboratories can improve productivity and efficiency.
See how 3M™ Petrifilm™ Plates could help your business.
With significant productivity and performance advantages over traditional agar plates, it’s no wonder that 3M Petrifilm Plates have become a standard method in microbial indicator testing for companies all over the world.
Explore our standard 3M Petrifilm Plates for consistent, accurate and validated indicator testing or our rapid 3M Petrifilm Plates, with a faster time to result.
Automation technology for pathogen detection
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The 3M™ Molecular Detection System uses a single post-enrichment protocol for pathogen testing. This means you can run 96 tests of multiple types in one run. Coupled with the automation technology from the Hamilton® foodInspect™ NIMBUS®, food safety labs can automate key steps in their pathogen testing process – freeing up time to take on more value-added tasks.
The benefits of automation are clear: Increased productivity, reduced hands-on time and greater flexibility
All the advantages of the 3M Molecular Detection System are now available with automation by Hamilton® foodInspect™ NIMBUS®, bringing productivity and flexibility to your process. See what your lab could accomplish with this powerful partnership.
Duration: 1:00 min
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Automatically equivalentRelax knowing it performs the same as a human operator.
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Automatically simpleFollow a single post-enrichment protocol for all 3M Molecular Detection Assays.
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Automatically productiveAllow personnel to take on additional value-added tasks.
Is your lab automated?
Learn more about 3M Molecular Detection System automated by Hamilton® foodInspect™ NIMBUS and the advantages of pathogen testing automation (PDF 1MB).
Find out more about 3M Food Laboratory Automation Solutions
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Learn more about 3M Petrifilm Plate Reader Advanced in our brochure (PDF, 1MB).
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Step by step instructions how to get started with the 3M Petrifilm Plate Reader Advanced (PDF, 1MB).
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Get answers to common questions (PDF, 1MB).
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Read the user manual for 3M Petrifilm Plate Reader Advanced (PDF, 28MB).
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Read our Saftey Information for 3M Petrifilm Plate Reader Advanced for details on intended use and potential risks (PDF, 9MB).
Ready to give 3M Lab Automation solutions a try?
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Talk to a 3M Food Safety expert to discuss how 3M Lab Automation solutions could automate and support your indicator and pathogen testing process.
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Find where to buy 3M Lab Automation Solutions
View 3M Lab Automation products in our online product catalogue for 3M ordering information or view all your where to buy options.
Support you can count on
Protecting the world’s food supply is a big responsibility — but we’re here to help. We’ve got people to support you locally with technical advice, software support, and exceptional service.
From purchase, through to installation and ongoing support, we’ll help you mitigate risk and improve operations — every batch, every shift, every day.
Choose the right food safety solution for your needs
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Free up your lab to focus on quality and efficiency with our ready to use, validated and accurate testing solution.
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Accurate and reliable pathogen testing with our ready-to-use assays, single post-enrichment protocol for all pathogens and same- or next-day results for most matrices.
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Better samples create better results. Standardise your sampling procedure and drive consistency and efficiency.
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3M offers a broad range of products - from separation, filtration & purification products to personal protective equipment, surface & floor cleaning products to durable label and packaging solutions - that support food and beverage manufacturers. Take a look at how 3M can support you. (PDF 6MB)
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Learn more about the science of food safety. Free webinars and resources that help you deepen your expertise and improve food safety and quality in your business – anytime, from anywhere.
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3M Food Safety products are available direct from 3M or from our authorised channel partners. Visit our 'Purchasing information' page to contact a 3M representative, view our online product catalogue or to find a local channel partner.
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We are here to help! Get in touch with our food safety support team for advice about our solutions and how to use them. Contact us!
