{"id":318,"date":"2014-03-21T13:48:48","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T12:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nf-validation.afnor.org\/en\/?page_id=318"},"modified":"2026-01-06T11:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T10:40:18","slug":"total-viable-count","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nf-validation.afnor.org\/en\/food-industry\/total-viable-count\/","title":{"rendered":"Total viable count"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reference method: <a title=\"NF EN ISO 4833:2003\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boutique.afnor.org\/en-gb\/standard\/nf-en-iso-48331\/microbiology-of-the-food-chain-horizontal-method-for-the-enumeration-of-mic\/fa163727\/42192\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NF EN ISO 4833-1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Section updated and published on January 6th, 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Culture media<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Neogen\u00ae Petrifilm\u00ae Aerobic Count Plate<\/strong><br \/>\nAim of method:\u00a0Enumeration of total viable count<br \/>\nHolder: Neogen Food Safety Corporation<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nf-validation.afnor.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/3M-01-01-09-89-en.docx_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Certificate<\/a>\u00a0\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/nf-validation.afnor.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/2025_11_Petrifilm_AC_SR_v0-protected.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Summarized study report<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Neogen\u00ae Petrifilm\u00ae Rapid Aerobic Count Plate (RAC)<br \/>\n<\/strong> Aim of method:\u00a0Enumeration of total viable count<br \/>\nHolder: Neogen Food Safety Corporation<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nf-validation.afnor.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/3M-01-17-11-16-en.docx_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Certificate<\/a>\u00a0\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/nf-validation.afnor.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/01\/Petrifilm_RAC_SR_01_26_v1-protected.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Summarized study report<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TEMPO\u00ae AC<\/strong><br \/>\nAim of method: Enumeration of viable\u00a0aerobic flora<br \/>\nHolder: bioM\u00e9rieux<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nf-validation.afnor.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/BIO-12-35-05-13_en.docx_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Certificate<\/a>\u00a0\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/nf-validation.afnor.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/TEMPO-AC-SUMMARY-REPORT-Version-0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Summarized study report<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>CompactDry\u2122 TC<\/strong><br \/>\nAim of method: Enumeration of total viable organisms<br \/>\nHolder: Shimadzu Diagnostics Corporation<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nf-validation.afnor.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/SDC-42-03-12-24-en.docx_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Certificate <\/a>\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/nf-validation.afnor.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/Compact-Dry-TC-SUMMARY-REPORT-Version-0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Summarized study report<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn-blue\" href=\"\/en\/food-industry\/\">Back to the list<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reference method: NF EN ISO 4833-1 Section updated and published on January 6th, 2026 Culture media Neogen\u00ae Petrifilm\u00ae Aerobic Count Plate Aim of method:\u00a0Enumeration of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":50,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-318","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-item","post-even"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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