Quality and safety of pet treats: assessment of the microbial safety and quality of pet treats
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2014
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Galvão, Julia Arantes [UNESP]
Yamatogi, Ricardo Seiti [UNESP]
Souza Junior, Luiz Carlos Teixeira
Joaquim, Jean Fernandes
Rodrigues, Marianna Vaz [UNESP]
Baldini, Eduardo Delbon [UNESP]
Pinto, José Paes de Almeida Nogueira [UNESP]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the hygienic and sanitary conditions of pettreats from an export industry. The occurrence of Salmonella, enumerated sulfite-reducing Clostridium (SRC), coagulase-positive Staphylococcus (CPS) and total(TC) and thermotolerant coliforms (TTC) was studied. Of the 108 samples ana-lyzed, 22 were contaminated by some microorganism. TC were detected at twosamples (3.5 × 101and 4.5 × 101colony-forming units [cfu]/g), SRC in 19 samples(1.0 × 101to 1.3 × 105cfu/g) and Salmonella spp. at only one sample; CPS andTTC were not detected. These findings indicate the microbiological safety of mostitems, except for a mix of dried bovine offal, with 1.3 × 105cfu/g of SRC, and onemix of dehydrated bovine viscera contaminated with Salmonella. The current pro-duction processes and the food safety management system are adequate to guar-antee the production of microbiologically safe foods, but that some improvementscan still be made with regard to cleaning and disinfection and hygiene training.
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Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, v. 39, n. 6, p. 1201-1205, 2014.