Enhancing regular monitoring of food-contact surface hygiene with rapid microbial kits
To ensure that food is always healthy and safe, food business operators utilize a simple and practical method of identifying and verifying microbes. This study looks at the practicality of an inexpensive and user-friendly microbial kit that evaluates the cleanliness level of 72 samples of food-con...
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| author | Saad, Mazni See, Toh Poh Abdullah, Mohd Faiz Foong Md. Nor, Norazmir |
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| description | To ensure that food is always healthy and safe, food business operators utilize a simple and practical
method of identifying and verifying microbes. This study looks at the practicality of an inexpensive and
user-friendly microbial kit that evaluates the cleanliness level of 72 samples of food-contact surfaces
(FCS) of food service establishments in two states of Malaysia. It detected 70% coliform contamination
which suggests that food service operators may need to improve the cleanliness of FCS. It can be
concluded that the microbial kit used is a practical self-check approach for determining the hygiene
level of any food service operation and should be made mandatory. |
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| spelling | iium-656202023-06-21T08:21:26Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/65620/ Enhancing regular monitoring of food-contact surface hygiene with rapid microbial kits Saad, Mazni See, Toh Poh Abdullah, Mohd Faiz Foong Md. Nor, Norazmir QR355 Virology To ensure that food is always healthy and safe, food business operators utilize a simple and practical method of identifying and verifying microbes. This study looks at the practicality of an inexpensive and user-friendly microbial kit that evaluates the cleanliness level of 72 samples of food-contact surfaces (FCS) of food service establishments in two states of Malaysia. It detected 70% coliform contamination which suggests that food service operators may need to improve the cleanliness of FCS. It can be concluded that the microbial kit used is a practical self-check approach for determining the hygiene level of any food service operation and should be made mandatory. AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK 2018-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/65620/1/103-233-2-PB%20ENHANCING%20REGULAR%20MONITORING%20OF%20FOOD-CONTACT%20SURFACE%20HYGIENE%20WITH%20RAPID%20MICROBIAL%20KITS.pdf Saad, Mazni and See, Toh Poh and Abdullah, Mohd Faiz Foong and Md. Nor, Norazmir (2018) Enhancing regular monitoring of food-contact surface hygiene with rapid microbial kits. Asian Journal of Behavioural Studies (AjBeS), 3 (11). pp. 75-83. E-ISSN 2398-4295 https://ajbes.e-iph.co.uk/index.php/ajbes/article/view/103/pdf |
| spellingShingle | QR355 Virology Saad, Mazni See, Toh Poh Abdullah, Mohd Faiz Foong Md. Nor, Norazmir Enhancing regular monitoring of food-contact surface hygiene with rapid microbial kits |
| title | Enhancing regular monitoring of food-contact surface hygiene with rapid microbial kits |
| title_full | Enhancing regular monitoring of food-contact surface hygiene with rapid microbial kits |
| title_fullStr | Enhancing regular monitoring of food-contact surface hygiene with rapid microbial kits |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancing regular monitoring of food-contact surface hygiene with rapid microbial kits |
| title_short | Enhancing regular monitoring of food-contact surface hygiene with rapid microbial kits |
| title_sort | enhancing regular monitoring of food-contact surface hygiene with rapid microbial kits |
| topic | QR355 Virology |
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