Compact Dry BC | Bacillus cereus

Compact Dry BC plates provide a quick, reliable way to enumerate presumptive Bacillus cereus group organisms in raw ingredients, cooked foods, and ready-to-eat meals. Each pre-sterilized, dehydrated plate rehydrates instantly with 1 mL of sample, eliminating agar preparation, pouring, and autoclaving.

Use Compact Dry BC to support routine monitoring of spore-former risk at key control points, from incoming materials through finished product verification.

Key Benefits

• AOAC Performance Tested Method. Independently validated for food-industry use.
• Aligned with ISO 7932:2004(E). Presumptive colonies are easy to confirm by the reference standard.
• True “open, inoculate, incubate” workflow saves technician time and reduces contamination risk.
• Distinctive colony color: B. cereus appears as green-to-blue colonies on a clear background for effortless enumeration.
• Space-saving & ambient-stable: low-profile, rigid, stackable plates store at 1 – 30 °C; no fridge needed.

Incubation Parameters

Confirm suspect colonies per ISO 7932:2004(E)

Performance

Countable range: 1 – 150 CFU per plate (1 mL inoculum)