Relationship between aerosolized microbial load and contamination of fully cooked then frozen meat products Academic Article

abstract

• 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 log 10 colony-forming units (CFU)/500 L and from 0.30 to 3.78 log 10 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.

authors

• Kerth, Christopher

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE

author list (cited authors)

• Helm-Archer, A. A., Kerth, C. R., Jones, W. R., McCaskey, T. A., & Conner, D. E.

citation count

• 2

complete list of authors

• Helm-Archer, AA||Kerth, CR||Jones, WR||McCaskey, TA||Conner, DE

publication date

• January 2004

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE  Journal

keywords

• Air Quality
• Beef
• Chicken
• Fully Cooked Product
• Microbial Contamination

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2004.tb17870.x

start page

• M13

end page

• M16

volume

• 69

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2621.2004.tb17870.x