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DETECTION AND INCIDENCE OF GEOTRICHUM CANDIDUM IN FROZEN BLANCHED VEGETABLES.

Author(s) : SPLITTSTOESSER D. F.

Type of article: Article

Summary

TRIALS IN WHICH FROZEN VEGETABLES HAD BEEN INOCULATED WITH KNOWN CONCENTRATIONS OF GEOTRICHUM FILAMENTS SHOWED THAT TWO STEEPING AND WASHING PROCEDURES PERMITTED RECOVERIES OF OVER 70%. APPLICATION OF ONE METHOD TO FROZEN BLANCHED VEGETABLES PROCESSED IN 24 FACTORIES REVEALED 16% OF THE PACKAGES TO CONTAIN GEOTRICHUM WITH AN AVERAGE COUNT OF 170 FILAMENTS PER 500 G IN THE GEOTRICHUM-POSITIVE SAMPLES. THERE WAS LITTLE CORRELATION BETWEEN AEROBIC PLATE COUNTS AND THE INCIDENCE OF THE MOLD. IN-PLANT STUDIES REVEALED THAT MOST OF THE GEOTRICHUM FILAMENTS ON PRE-BLANCH SAMPLES OF GREEN BEANS WERE REMOVED BY BLANCHING AND HYDRO-COOLING.

Details

  • Original title: DETECTION AND INCIDENCE OF GEOTRICHUM CANDIDUM IN FROZEN BLANCHED VEGETABLES.
  • Record ID : 1981-0110
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1980/05
  • Source: Source: J. Food Sci.
    vol. 45; n. 3; 511-513; 1 fig.; 5 tabl.; ref.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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