Title of article
The performance of SAS-super-180 air sampler and settle plates for assessing viable fungal particles in the air of dry-cured meat production facility
Author/Authors
Dereje T. Asefa، نويسنده , , Solveig Langsrud، نويسنده , , Ragnhild O. Gjerde، نويسنده , , Cathrine F. Kure، نويسنده , , Maan S. Sidhu، نويسنده , , Truls Nesbakken، نويسنده , , Ida Skaar، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
ماهنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2009
Pages
5
From page
997
To page
1001
Abstract
Performances of SAS-super-180 air sampler and settle plates were investigated for the assessment of airborne 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
Keywords
Viable fungal colonies , Air sampling , Dry-cured meat products
Journal title
Food Control
Serial Year
2009
Journal title
Food Control
Record number
976416
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