Bioburden, Microbial Limit, Microbial Enumeration Tests, Total Plate Count, and Aerobic Plate Count are essentially the same test, all sharing the same objective: to enumerate the number of viable microorganisms present on an object, sample, or product.

 

The most critical aspect of this test is the number of microorganisms that can be recovered from the sample or product, as numerous factors can influence microbial recovery.

 

This interlaboratory comparison aims to assess the accuracy of our methods in relation to those used by other laboratories.