The aim of the paperwork was to study the microflora found in breakfast cereals available in stores, and to assess the effect of packaging on the microbiological product quality. The flakes tested were hermetically packed and sold by weight. The microbiological analysis included determination of the total number of mesophilic microorganisms, the total number of aerobic bacteria and mould, coagulase-positive bacteria of the Enterobacteriaceae family, including coliform bacteria, Salmonella, and Shigella. It was found that spore bacterial and moulds of the Aspergillus and Penicillum genus were the dominant microflora that contaminated flakes. There were no coagulasepositive staphylococci and Salmonella and Shigella bacteria. The most contaminated products were cocoa balls and wheat flakes with rice sold by weight. In general, lower contamination levels were found in hermetically packaged flakes than in those sold by weight.
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