Microbial counts of mealworm larvae (Tenebrio molitor) and crickets (Acheta domesticus and Gryllodes sigillatus) from different rearing companies and different production batches

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 242, Issue , 2017, Pages 13-18

  Vandeweyer, D ^a,c   Crauwels, S ^b,c   Lievens, B ^b,c   Van Campenhout, L ^a,c  

^a Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c LEUVEN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTRE LFORCE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Crickets; Edible insects; Mealworm larvae; Microbial counts; pH; Water activity (aw)

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ACHETA DOMESTICUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; ENSIFERA; GRYLLODES SIGILLATUS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETERS; PATHOGEN LOAD; PH; PLATE COUNT; REARING; SALMONELLA; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; EUROPE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; GRYLLIDAE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; TENEBRIO;

ANIMALS; EUROPE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; FUNGI; GRYLLIDAE; HUMANS; LARVA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA; TENEBRIO;

EID: 85006905568     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: 18793460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2016.11.007     Document Type: Article

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