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Listeria detection plate.

Designed for use in food processing plants, the new 3M[TM] Petrifilm[TM] Environmental Listeria Plate method is faster, easier and more informative than current methods of Listeria detection. This easy-to-use method delivers results within 31 hours of sampling and provides three powerful ways

to interpret results. The new plates require no enrichment, making them a safer method for testing. Other methods such as chromogenic agars and immunoassay tests can take more time and may require more steps.--3M Microbiology, 3M Center, Bldg. 275-5W-05, P.O. Box 33275, St. Paul, Minn., 55133-3275, phone: (651) 733-1213, fax: (651) 737-1994, e-mail: microbiology@mmm.com, Web site: www.3m.com/microbiology

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