Microbiological Testing of Skylab Foods
| Autor: | N. D. Heidelbaugh, C. T. Bourland, E. M. Powers, J. L. McQueen, D. B. Rowley |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1973 |
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Coagulase
Hot Temperature Computer science Clostridium perfringens Food Handling Staphylococcus Food Contamination General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Drying Food handling Extended storage Beverages Refrigeration Salmonella Food Preservation Yeasts Escherichia coli General Pharmacology Toxicology and Pharmaceutics Food Microbiology and Toxicology Bacteriological Techniques General Immunology and Microbiology Bacteria business.industry Fungi General Medicine Space Flight Aerobiosis Reliability engineering Biotechnology Test (assessment) Food Microbiology business |
| Popis: | The Skylab manned space flight program presented unique food microbiology problems. This challenge was successfully met by careful evaluation of the total Skylab food system by considering the nature of Skylab foods, their processing and handling, and Skylab food safety requirements. Some of the unique problems encountered with the Skylab foods involved: extended storage times, variations in storage temperatures, no opportunity to resupply or charge foods after launch of the Skylab Workshop, first use of frozen foods in space, first use of a food-warming device in weightlessness, relatively small size of production lots requiring statistically valid sampling plans, and use of the food as an accurately controlled segment of sophisticated life science experiments. Consideration of all of these situations generated the need for definitive microbiological tests and test limits. These tests are described in this paper along with the rationale for their selection. Test results are reported which show successful compliance with the test limits. |
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