Abstract
Harmful microbes and even pathogens may enter the manufacturing process
and reach the end product in several ways e.g. through raw materials, air,
water and chemicals employed in the process, process surfaces or factory
personnel. The microbes entering the process can under suitable conditions
grow very quickly and consequently cause drastic changes in the microbial
population in vulnerable process stages and sites. Occasional proliferation
of microbes from stagnant areas e.g. from biofilm formations in dead ends can
contaminate the entire system and must be detected rapidly to avoid human
suffering due to illnesses and financial losses due to product withdrawals.
The availability of microbial monitoring methods enables detection of
developing microbial problems in the food processing area as early as
possible. The main requirements for good microbial methods are reliability,
sensitivity, selectivity, rapidity and economy. This workshop entitled
Detection and identification of harmful microbes, which was held in Brno
(Czech Republic) 10th-12th of December 2007, focused on microbiological
methods and methodology available for detection, identification and tracking
of harmful microbes and pathogens both in industry and research. The
workshop also dealt with practical exercises in detecting Salmonella spp.,
Mycobacterium spp., Listeria spp. and Staphylococcus spp. The participant
abstracts on detection of microbial contaminations, antibiotic resistance
phenomena in microbes and microbial risk management in food processing are
published in this publication.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | Espoo |
Publisher | VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland |
Number of pages | 98 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-951-38-6328-9 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-951-38-6327-2 978-951-38-6328-9 |
Publication status | Published - 2008 |
MoE publication type | C2 Edited books |
Event | Detection and Identification of Harmful Microbes: 1st SAFOODNET Workshop - Brno, Czech Republic Duration: 10 Dec 2007 → 12 Dec 2007 |
Publication series
Series | VTT Symposium |
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Number | 252 |
ISSN | 0357-9387 |