Characterisation of fungal contamination sources for use in quality management of cheese production farms in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study was conducted to determine the composition and diversity of the fungal flora at various control points in cheese ripening rooms of 10 dairy farms from six different provinces in the Republic of Korea.

Methods

Floor, wall, cheese board, room air, cheese rind and core were sampled from cheese ripening rooms of ten different dairy farms. The molds were enumerated using YM petrifilm, while isolation was done on yeast extract glucose chloramphenicol agar plates. Morphologically distinct isolates were identified using sequencing of internal transcribed spacer region.

Results

The fungal counts in 8 out of 10 dairy farms were out of acceptable range, as per hazard analysis critical control point regulation. A total of 986 fungal isolates identified and as

SUBMITTER: Kandasamy S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7206383 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature