Bioindicative values of microfungi in starch and possible deficiencies of the new Serbian regulation on food hygiene
The results of tests on the presence of yeasts and molds in cornstarch [AD ?IPOK? Zrenjanin, 2007-2008, made at the time when previous Regulations were valid] were analyzed in terms of bioindicative values of microfungi as indicators of quality and safety of raw material or final food products. Micr...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Zbornik Matice Srpske za Prirodne Nauke 2013, Vol.2013 (124), p.307-313 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The results of tests on the presence of yeasts and molds in cornstarch [AD
?IPOK? Zrenjanin, 2007-2008, made at the time when previous Regulations were
valid] were analyzed in terms of bioindicative values of microfungi as
indicators of quality and safety of raw material or final food products.
Microbiological analysis was used to detect the presence of a number of
microorganisms MMI-0001, and a questionnaire was designed at the Department
of Public Health in Zrenjanin town (Republic of Serbia), where the anal?yses
were done, regarding the microbiological tests on starch. In order to
rationalize the analyses and make them more economical, several areas of
product quality control (water, food, raw materials, space) were recommended
either to be excluded or regarded as optional. Thus, analysis of presence of
microfungi as indicators of product quality was categorized as optional. The
results obtained from this research suggest a different conclusion because
the bacteria in the samples indicated ?microbiologically?, namely
bacteriologically, safe samples of food, while, on the contrary, the presence
of some microfungi as distinct xerophilous or xerotolerant microorganisms,
indicated that the food was mycologically non-safe. The obtained data are
crucial for questioning the decision to exclude the earlier required
(mycological) analysis of the samples (in the production of starch, or end
products, etc.) and categorize such analyses in new Regulations as optional,
depending on the manufacturer?s preference. Bioindicative values of
microfungi as indicators of the quality of starch, clearly point to the
shortsightedness of the new Regulations on food hygiene and safety, where
tests on certain microorganisms (in this case, yeasts and molds) are not
legally defined as mandatory, but the Law leaves manufacturers a possibility
to choose (or not to choose) the testing and frequency of testing on the
presence (absence) of microorganisms, which can be risky, both in the
production and marketing of the finial products. |
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ISSN: | 0352-4906 2406-0828 |
DOI: | 10.2298/ZMSPN1324307U |