کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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4559588 | 1330465 | 2011 | 5 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |

To assess the potential for a food to allow the growth of Listeria monocytogenes throughout its shelf life and be compliant with European Commission regulations, a challenge test was designed by the EU Community Reference Laboratory. The procedure for the determination of the growth potential includes the following: product characteristics, shelf-life of the product, number of batches, choice of the strain(s), preparation of the inoculum, preparation and inoculation of the test units, storage conditions, measurement of physico-chemical characteristics of the food and microbiological analysis to measure any increase in the pathogen load. The results are then used to assign a ready-to-eat food into a growth or no growth category, and if the food is able to support the growth of L. monocytogenes, to quantify the behavior of this bacteria in a food between production and consumption.
Journal: Food Control - Volume 22, Issue 9, September 2011, Pages 1498–1502