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Author Da Silva, Neusely

Title Microbiological Examination Methods of Food and Water : a Laboratory Manual, 2nd Edition
Published Milton : Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (565 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Table of contents; About the authors; Preface; List of tables; List of figures; 1 Sampling, transport and storage of samples for analysis; Revision history; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 Lot; 1.1.2 Lot sample and sample unit; 1.1.3 Lot sampling plans; 1.1.4 Analytical unit; 1.2 Collecting samples for analysis; 1.2.1 Selection and preparation of containers for the sampling of foods contained in non-individual packages; 1.2.2 Procedures for the sampling of foods contained in non-individual packages; 1.2.3 Sampling of foods involved in foodborne diseases
1.2.4 Sampling of water1.3 Transportation and storage of samples until analysis; 1.3.1 Foods with low water activity; 1.3.2 Frozen foods; 1.3.3 Refrigerated foods; 1.3.4 Commercially sterile foods in sealed packages; 1.3.5 Water samples; 1.4 References; 2 Preparation of samples for analysis; Revision history; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Homogenization of samples and withdrawal of the analytical unit; 2.2.1 Procedure for homogenization and withdrawal of analytical units from liquid products
2.2.2 Procedure for homogenization and withdrawal of analytical units from solid or concentrated liquid products2.2.3 Procedure for withdrawing the analytical unit using the surface swabbing technique; 2.2.3.1 Swab sampling; 2.2.3.2 Sponge swab sampling; 2.2.4 Procedure for withdrawing the analytical unit using the surface washing technique; 2.2.4.1 Procedure for washing poultry carcasses; 2.2.4.2 Procedure for washing other foods; 2.2.4.3 Procedure for washing packages; 2.2.5 Keeping of counter-samples; 2.3 Preparation of the first dilution of the analytical unit
2.3.1 Diluents for presence/absence tests2.3.2 Diluents for tests requiring differentiated handling of the sample; 2.3.3 Diluents for general quantification tests; 2.3.4 How to prepare an initial 1:10 (10−1) dilution; 2.3.5 How to prepare an initial dilution different from 1:10; 2.3.6 Procedure for the preparation of the first dilution of liquid samples; 2.3.7 Procedure for the preparation of the first dilution of solid or concentrated liquid samples; 2.3.8 Procedure for the preparation of the first dilution of samples obtained by surface swabbing or surface washing
2.4 Serial decimal dilution of the sample2.5 References; Annex 2.1 -- Procedures for homogenizing the content and withdrawal of the analytical unit of different types of foods; a) Powdered products; b) Pasty or ground products; c) Yogurts with fruit pieces; d) Cheeses; e) Very hard food products; f) Pieces of solid foods; g) Eggs in the shell; h) Meat cuts for analysis of non-surface contamination; i) Bivalves; j) Gastropods; k) Whole and sliced cephalopods; l) Whole crustaceans such as crabs; m) Sea urchins; n) Whole fresh fish
Annex 2.2 -- Special cases in which there are variations in the analytical unit and/or dilution and/or diluents recommended for the preparation of the first dilution of samples of different types of foods
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Subject Food -- Microbiology -- Laboratory manuals.
Water -- Microbiology -- Laboratory manuals
Microbiology -- Technique -- Standards
Water -- Microbiology.
Bacteriological Techniques -- methods
Food Microbiology -- methods
Water Microbiology
Food -- Microbiology
Water -- Microbiology
Genre/Form Laboratory manuals
Form Electronic book
Author H. Taniwaki, Marta
Junqueira, Valéria C. A
Silveira, Neliane
Okazaki, Margarete Midori
Romeiro Gomes, Renato Abeilar
ISBN 9781351675840
1351675842