Applicability of Micro Inoculation Culture (MIC) for Rapid Monitoring of Total Coliform Contaminants in the Food Industry

Table 3: Actual samples of preparative environmental swabs for E. coli/coliform enumeration determined by MIC and Pour plate techniques.

Sample	Coliforms (log CFU/ml)
Sample	MIC	Pour plate
Chopping board	3.77^a±0.12	3.75^a±0.14
Blender interior	3.84^a±0.07	3.35^a±0.10
Food cart	2.89^a±0.10	2.54^a±0.11
Screening sieve	3.91^a±0.09	3.30^a±0.11
Weighing scale	3.68^a±0.08	3.41^a±0.09
Groves of belt conveyor	3.45^a±0.18	3.28^a±0.16
Stainless steel bowl	ND	ND
Stainless steel table	ND	ND
Storage shelf	ND	ND
Conveyor surface	ND	ND

ND = no bacterial growth detected.