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

Autor:	Ragnhild O. Gjerde, Dereje T. Asefa, Ida Skaar, Solveig Langsrud, Cathrine Finne Kure, Maan Singh Sidhu, Truls Nesbakken
Rok vydání:	2009
Předmět:	Air sampling business.industry Air sampler Biology Pulp and paper industry Food products Food processing Food science business Air quality index Dry cured Food Science Biotechnology Food contaminant
Zdroj:	Food Control. 20:997-1001
ISSN:	0956-7135
DOI:	10.1016/j.foodcont.2008.11.011
Popis:	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.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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