Testing foods for pathogenic and spoilage bacteria is the cornerstone to ensuring a safe and wholesome food supply. The methods for monitoring of microbial contamination are based on the following principles: → Cultivation ...

Besides that foodborne infections and intoxications cause great danger for human health they have also adverse impact on the economics. Alternative food preservation techniques to produce safer foods e.g. systems containing ...

Risks from microbiological hazards are of immediate and serious concern to human health. Microbiological Risk Analysis (MRA) is a process consisting of three components: risk assessment (RA), risk management (RM), and risk ...

Alicyclobacillus species are thermoacidophilic spoilage spore-formers found in soil. The spores can survive the normal hot fill processes that are carried out on commercial fruit juices. It seems likely that fruit in ...