Journal
FOOD CONTROL
Volume 20, Issue 11, Pages 997-1001Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2008.11.011
Keywords
Air sampling; Dry-cured meat products; Viable fungal colonies
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- Norwegian research council
- Stranda Spekemat AS
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Performances of SAS-super-180 air sampler and settle plates were investigated for the assessment of air-borne fungal food contamination. Air samples were taken from processing rooms of a dry-cured production facility and outdoors. Fungal colonies and numbers of species were counted and compared. Quantitatively, the air sampler showed higher numbers of species and mean CFU/plate compared to settle plates. Qualitatively, the two methods showed similar dominating fungal genera and species associated with dry-cured meat products. The Study showed settle plates Could provide important qualitative information for food processing plants where airborne fungi associated with food products are the targets, (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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