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- Title
Relationship Between Aerosolized Microbial Load and Contamination of Fully Cooked Then Frozen Meat Products.
- Authors
HELM-ARCHER, A. A.; KERTH, C. R.; JONES, W. R.; MCCASKEY, T. A.; CONNER, D. E.
- Abstract
BSTRACT: The relationship between microbial loads in air and contamination of fully cooked meat products was investigated in a commercial processing facility. Air and product were sampled in the packaging area. No correlation existed between microbial counts from air samples and product samples ( P > 0.05; r < 0.06). Microbial counts from air samples ranged from 0.30 to 2.54 log10 colony-forming units (CFU)/500 L and from 0.30 to 3.78 log10 CFU/g in the product samples. These data suggest that no direct relationship exists between microbial air quality and product contamination, but other environmental conditions may account for up to 1/5 of the variation in air contamination and 1/3 of the variation in product contamination.
- Subjects
AIR quality; MEAT quality; FOOD microbiology; BEEF; CHICKENS; AEROSOLS
- Publication
Journal of Food Science (Wiley-Blackwell), 2004, Vol 69, Issue 1, pFMS13
- ISSN
0022-1147
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2621.2004.tb17870.x