Guidelines for method validation techniques used in the microbiological examination of food samples

Food Control

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-58

  Struijk, Corry B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RIVER FALLS   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture medium monitoring; EU directive 93 43; Harmonization; Microbiological methods; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042635718     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0956-7135(96)00012-6     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Aabo, S., Andersen, J.K. and Olsen, J.E. (1995) Research note: detection of Salmonella in minced meat by the polymerase chain reaction method. Letters applied Microbiol. 21, 180-182
2. Arroyo, G. and Arroyo, J.A. (1995) Efficiency of different enrichment and isolation procedures for the detection of Salmonella serotypes in edible offal. J. Applied Bacteriol. 79, 360-367
3. Coleman, D.J., Nye, K.J., Chick, K.E. and Gagg, C.M. (1995) Comparison of immunomagnetic separation plus enrichment with conventional salmonella culture in the examination of raw sausages. Letters applied Microbiol. 21, 249-251
4. Corry, J.E.L. (1995) Reviews from the sixth symposium of the Working Party for Culture Media. Internat. J. Food Microbiol. 26, 1-131
5. Dziadkowiec, D., Mansfield, L.P. and Forsythe, S.J. (1995) The detection of Salmonella in skimmed milk powder enrichments using conventional methods and immunomagnetic separation. Letters applied Microbiol. 20, 361-364
6. Fleet, G.H., Karalis, T., Hawa, A. and Lukondeh, T. (1991) A rapid method for enumerating Salmonella in milk powders. Letters applied Microbiol. 13, 255-259
7. Lanz, W.W. and Hartman, P.A. (1976) Time-release capsule method for coliform enumeration. Applied environm. Microbiol. 32, 716-722
8. Mackey, B.M. and Derrick, C.M. (1984) Conductance measurement of the lag phase of injured Salmonella typhimurium. J. Applied Bacteriol. 57, 299-308
9. Mossel, D.A.A. (1995) The alleged 'British attitude' to microbiological standards for foods - not historically founded? Food Sci. Technol. Today 12, 523
10. Mossel, D.A.A., Struijk, C.B., Jaisli, F.K. et al. (1992) Use of 24 hour centrifugation/plating technique in a survey on the medical-microbiological condition of raw ham and hard raw-milk cheese originating from authenticated GMDP manufacture. Arch. Lebensm. Hyg. 43, 51-54
11. Mossel, D.A.A., van Netten, P. and de Pijper, M. (1991) A centrifugation/quadrant plate technique for the simplified differential-bacteriological examination of adequately heat-processed foods. Letters applied Microbiol. 13, 115-117
12. Österblad, M., Leistevuo, T. and Huovinen, P. (1995) Screening for antimicrobial resistance in fecal samples by the replica plating method. J. clin. Microbiol. 33, 3146-3149
13. Parmar, N., Easter, M.C. and Forsythe, S.J. (1992) The detection of Salmonella enteritidis and S. typhimurium using immunomagnetic separation and conductance microbiology. Letters applied Microbiol. 15, 175-187
14. Peck, M.W., Fairbairn, D.A. and Lund, B.M. (1992) The effect of recovery medium on the estimated heat-inactivation of spores of non-proteolytic Clostridium botulinum. Letters applied Microbiol. 15, 146-151
15. Ray, B. (editor) (1989) Injured Index and Pathogenic Bacteria: Occurrence and Detection in Foods, Water and Feeds. CRC Press, Bocca Raton, Florida
16. Struijk, C.B. and Mossel, D.A.A. (1995) Analytical essentials of reliable - where possible real time - monitoring of production and market samples of foods for compliance with the European Union's longitudinally integrated autonomous total quality assurance strategy. In: Proceedings 4th International Symposium on Microbiology of Food and Cosmetics in Europe. European Common Market Research Centre, Ispra, Italy, 30-47
17. Sveum, W.H. and Hartman, P.A. (1977) Time release capsule method for the detection of salmonellae in foods and feeds. Applied environm. Microbiol. 33, 630-634
18. Sveum, W.H. and Kraft, A.A. (1981) Recovery of salmonellae from foods using a combined enrichment technique. J. Food Sci. 46, 94-99
19. Weenk, G.H., Struijk, C.B., de Ree, E. and Mossel, D.A.A. (1996) Elaboration of microbiological criteria for dried foods to be ingested by immuno-comprised consumers. In Actualités en Microbiologie des Aliments, Paris, Société Française de Microbiologie, in press.