Having launched in the US in June this year, the Neogen Petrifilm Automated Feeder has now arrived in Australia and is available for in-person demonstrations at the company’s Queensland headquarters.
Designed specifically for high-volume food safety testing laboratories, the new system works with existing Petrifilm Plate Reader Advanced equipment. It delivers consistent colony counting and improves lab productivity by automatically feeding and enumerating up to 300 Petrifilm Plates in just 33 minutes, while integrating with existing lab workflows and systems.
Technicians no longer need to load individual plates into the PPRA or manually count and record results. Eliminating such tasks frees up more time for data analysis and helps labs efficiently meet growing demands to deliver safe, high-quality food.
It can take a technician up to four hours of hands-on time to count 300 plates, compared to one minute to load the Petrifilm Automated Feeder. With increased speed, reliability and traceability, you will have more time, and more peace of mind.
The Neogen Petrifilm Automated Feeder is the latest in a long line of innovations stretching back forty years, when arguably the most significant game-changer in microbiology for over a century was introduced, the first Petrifilm Plate.
Now a mainstay of modern labs around the world, Petrifilm Plates shook up the industry as a solution that brought multiple advantages over traditional methods such as removing the need for tedious preparation, a significant reduction in energy and water consumption, and taking up far less space in workplaces, to name a few.
So, it’s no surprise that studies have shown when compared to traditional agar, switching to Petrifilm has been shown to radically improve productivity.
Since the beginning, the Petrifilm Plate portfolio has steadily grown, with new additions emerging every few years. Currently, the lineup boasts an impressive selection of sixteen distinct Petrifilm Plates, ten of which deliver results in 24 hours or less.
The plates test for a range of microorganisms, from total coliforms, E. coli, yeast and mould to lactic acid bacteria, and Listeria species – each of which is ready-to-use right out of the pack.
In 2021, the Petrifilm Plate Reader Advanced was introduced, giving food safety professionals new options to rapidly and accurately image, count, and document microbiological colonies on Petrifilm Plate indicator tests.
And now, the Petrifilm Automated Feeder takes it to a whole new level.
Neogen delivers an end-to-end customer testing solution, combining hardware, software, and a trained AI system to free up your most valuable resource—your people.
To learn more about the entire Neogen Petrifilm portfolio, or to arrange a demonstration of the Petrifilm Automated Feeder, reach out to your local Neogen Territory Manager or visit neogenaustralasia.com.au.