Food Industry

Taking care of the quality and the safety of the products have always been significant benefits for every enterprise. Quality control of food and drink industries contains Self-Check measures (HACCP), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and proper approaches (source: Finnish Food and Drink Industries´ Federation).

When applied as a tool for Self-Check in Food and Drink Industries, PMEU speeds up the achievement of microbiological analyse results and diminishes hence the hygiene risks in food and drink factories. In addition, rapid PMEU analyses help to minimize the need to store raw materials until they can be released onto production lines. High economical savings are deliveries of PMEU-mediated research and control activities. PMEU equipment and methodology can be applied on almost all branches of industrial microbiology by following guidelines of ISO/SFS standard tube test procedures.

References

E. HAKALEHTO, H. HUJAKKA, S. AIRAKSINEN, J. RATILAINEN & A. NÄRVÄNEN (2000). Growth-phase Limited Expression and Immunological Detection of Salmonella Type1 Fimbriae. In: E. Hakalehto, Characterization of Pectinatus cerevisiiphilus and P. frisingiensis Surface Components. Use of Synthetic Peptides in the Detection of Some Gram-negative Bacteria. PhD Thesis, Kuopio University Publications C, Natural and Environmental Sciences 112, Kuopio, Finland.

E. HAKALEHTO, J. PESOLA, L. HEITTO, A. NÄRVÄNEN & A. HEITTO (2007). Aerobic and Anaerobic Growth Modes and Expression of Type1 Fimbriae in Salmonella. Pathophysiology 14(1) (2007) 61-69.

T. PITKÄNEN, J. BRÄCKER, I.T. MIETTINEN, A. HEITTO, J. PESOLA & E. HAKALEHTO (2009). Enhanced Enrichment and Detection of Thermotolerant Campylobacter Species from Water Using the Portable Microbe Enrichment Unit (PMEU) and Realtime PCR. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 55(7) (2009) 849–858.

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Food Industry

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