CompactDry™ CF is a ready-to-use dehydrated media plate used to detect coliform bacteria in food and beverages. Coliform bacteria are an indicator of the presence of enteric pathogens in water, meat, seafood, dairy and other foods.Monitoring and identification of coliforms is used at each step of the food production process as a quality control parameter. The CompactDry™ CF selective media contains the chromogenic enzyme substrate X-Gal which result in a blue to blue/green colonies. CompactDry™ CF enables easy culture and coliform count in solid food stuff (homogenized with buffer solution), water/liquid samples and swab based environmental testing for surfaces and production areas.The benefits are easy to spot: Each cassette comes with 4 connected plates that can be easily snapped apart to support a variety of dilution scenariosSturdy frame, stackable packagingSelf-diffusing mediaAbility to subculture without damage to coloniesStored at room temperature vs the competitor products with storage at temperatures less than or equal to 8°CNo leakageEasy to labelIndustry recognized Hardy technical support and customer service teams