Comparison of three air sampling methods in food packaging materials production

Hanna Miettinen, Satu Salo, Laura Raaska, Gun Wirtanen

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    Abstract

    Three air sampling methods: sedimentation, impacting and filtration were compared in a food packaging materials producing factory. Sampling was performed four times during a year in three sampling places. The study showed that the results with all three methods used had similar trend. In general settle plates caught less microbes than other methods. The results for impacting and filtration methods were in many cases similar to each other. These methods were more sensitive than the method based on settle plates. A bigger sampling volume also used in filtration method did not increase the yield.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication34th R3-Nordic Contamination Control Symposium
    Place of PublicationEspoo
    PublisherVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
    Pages77-82
    ISBN (Electronic)951-38-6285-2
    ISBN (Print)951-38-6284-4
    Publication statusPublished - 2003
    MoE publication typeB3 Non-refereed article in conference proceedings
    Event34th R3-Nordic Contamination Control Symposium - Turku, Finland
    Duration: 2 Jun 20034 Jun 2003

    Publication series

    SeriesVTT Symposium
    Number229
    ISSN0357-9387

    Conference

    Conference34th R3-Nordic Contamination Control Symposium
    Country/TerritoryFinland
    CityTurku
    Period2/06/034/06/03

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