Handbook of Hygiene Control in the Food Industry

(Table 38.7).Inappropriatequenching of activityor neutraliser toxicity will result in overestimating the antimicrobialactivity o ...

38.4.1 Classificationof disinfectanttests Disinfectant testscan be classifiedaccording to different criteria, suchas the test or ...

registration, applicationand use. These institutionshavedescribeda rangeof protocolsavailablefor the testingof the antimicrobial ...

SMT4-CT98-2222)has beenundertakento assessthe reproducibilityof the methodbetween 16 laboratoriesin eight Europeancountries.The ...

transferredinto a neutralisingsolutionand surviving microorganismsenume- rated.As for otherEuropeantestsproducedby CEN/TC216, ad ...

humanpathogen,whichmakesits routineuse for disinfectiontesting difficult and expensive. In addition,thereis a markeddifferencein ...

Table 38.9 Test requirements and conditions Test conditions/parameters Requirements Questions/limitations Test microorganisms ∑ ...

Cole,1984;Reybrouck, 1991;Bloomfieldand Looney,1992;Bloomfieldet al., 1994,1995;Langsrudand Sundheim, 1998;Tilt and Hamilton,199 ...

preparationof suchinocula mightbe questionablefor practicaltests,particularlyfor surfacetests. Microorganismsassociated withsurf ...

Thefollowingwebsitescan be consulted for informationon Britishand European standards (http://www.bsi-global.com), EPA test metho ...

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39.1 Introduction Tracing of base materials is an important safety factor in modern food production. With a fast growing network ...

the raw materialsfor cleanersand disinfectantsto avoidor at leastto minimiseany potentialrisk.Taintingor toxicsubstancesshouldno ...

39.2.1 Thenatureof industrial cleanersand disinfectants In mostcases, cleaners and disinfectants are multiple-componentpreparati ...

regarding the functionalityof the hygiene product, but it is a problemregarding preciseanalyticaldataand physicalparametersfor p ...