FDA bacteriological analytical manual.

Author(s) : FDA, TOMLINSON L. A.

Type of monograph: Guide/Handbook

Summary

This edition updates the methods preferred by the US Food and Drug Administration laboratories for the microbiological analysis of foods as well as detection of yeasts, moulds, mycotoxins, and parasites and of microbes in cosmetics. Extract of contents: microscopic examination of foods; aerobic plate count; bacteria (Escherichia, salmonelles, Yersinia, Listeria, Staphylococcus, etc), yeasts, moulds, and mycotoxins; parasitic animals in foods; inhibitory substances in milk; examination of canned foods; examination of containers for integrity; identification of foodborne bacterial pathogens by gene probes; investigation of food implicated in illness. Appendices: rapid methods for detecting foodborne pathogens; most probable number determination; media and reagents.

Details

  • Original title: FDA bacteriological analytical manual.
  • Record ID : 1995-3316
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: General information
  • Publication: AOAC Int. - United states/United states
  • Publication date: 1992
  • Source: Source: ed. 7; 529 p. (21.4 x 27.3); fig.; tabl.; append.; USD 139.00.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.