The product is an animal feed supplement . The method referred is FDA BAM ,2006 for Total Coliform Count .
Thks but regret I do not possess BAM 2006. The methodology used could potentially be either liquid or solid based.
The current on-line BAM Procedure afai can see makes no use of the "classic" terminology "total coliforms" (TC) . ( I have only ever used "coliforms" but TC is certainly still in common use, eg see attachments below).
https://www.fda.gov/...liform-bacteria
"coliforms" includes thermotolerant (aka fecal) coliforms and generic E.coli, among others, eg
Coliform Group.pdf 305.23KB
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The current online BAM, MPN procedure for "coliforms" looks similar to other reported MPN procedures for "total coliforms", eg -
Methods for total coliforms, thermotolerant coliforms, E.coli.pdf 135.85KB
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The terms coliform, total coliform, thermotolerant coliform, fecal coliform are all "operational" definitions rather than taxonomic so this whole area is often semantically (and procedurally) "challenged".
For human food, a coliform limit of 1000cfu/gram seems high but I'm not familiar with animal feed supplements (whatever that means ?)