Enhancing regular monitoring of food-contact surface hygiene with rapid microbial kits

To ensure that food is always healthy and safe, food business operators utilize a simple and practical method of identifying and verifying microbes. This study looks at the practicality of an inexpensive and user-friendly microbial kit that evaluates the cleanliness level of 72 samples of food-con...

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Main Authors:	Saad, Mazni, See, Toh Poh, Abdullah, Mohd Faiz Foong, Md. Nor, Norazmir
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK 2018
Subjects:	QR355 Virology
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/65620/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/65620/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/65620/1/103-233-2-PB%20ENHANCING%20REGULAR%20MONITORING%20OF%20FOOD-CONTACT%20SURFACE%20HYGIENE%20WITH%20RAPID%20MICROBIAL%20KITS.pdf

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spelling	iium-656202018-09-04T01:55:32Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/65620/ Enhancing regular monitoring of food-contact surface hygiene with rapid microbial kits Saad, Mazni See, Toh Poh Abdullah, Mohd Faiz Foong Md. Nor, Norazmir QR355 Virology To ensure that food is always healthy and safe, food business operators utilize a simple and practical method of identifying and verifying microbes. This study looks at the practicality of an inexpensive and user-friendly microbial kit that evaluates the cleanliness level of 72 samples of food-contact surfaces (FCS) of food service establishments in two states of Malaysia. It detected 70% coliform contamination which suggests that food service operators may need to improve the cleanliness of FCS. It can be concluded that the microbial kit used is a practical self-check approach for determining the hygiene level of any food service operation and should be made mandatory. AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK 2018-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/65620/1/103-233-2-PB%20ENHANCING%20REGULAR%20MONITORING%20OF%20FOOD-CONTACT%20SURFACE%20HYGIENE%20WITH%20RAPID%20MICROBIAL%20KITS.pdf Saad, Mazni and See, Toh Poh and Abdullah, Mohd Faiz Foong and Md. Nor, Norazmir (2018) Enhancing regular monitoring of food-contact surface hygiene with rapid microbial kits. Asian Journal of Behavioural Studies (AjBeS), 3 (11). pp. 75-83. E-ISSN 2398-4295 https://ajbes.e-iph.co.uk/index.php/ajbes/article/view/103/pdf
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spellingShingle	QR355 Virology Saad, Mazni See, Toh Poh Abdullah, Mohd Faiz Foong Md. Nor, Norazmir Enhancing regular monitoring of food-contact surface hygiene with rapid microbial kits
description	To ensure that food is always healthy and safe, food business operators utilize a simple and practical method of identifying and verifying microbes. This study looks at the practicality of an inexpensive and user-friendly microbial kit that evaluates the cleanliness level of 72 samples of food-contact surfaces (FCS) of food service establishments in two states of Malaysia. It detected 70% coliform contamination which suggests that food service operators may need to improve the cleanliness of FCS. It can be concluded that the microbial kit used is a practical self-check approach for determining the hygiene level of any food service operation and should be made mandatory.
format	Article
author	Saad, Mazni See, Toh Poh Abdullah, Mohd Faiz Foong Md. Nor, Norazmir
author_facet	Saad, Mazni See, Toh Poh Abdullah, Mohd Faiz Foong Md. Nor, Norazmir
author_sort	Saad, Mazni
title	Enhancing regular monitoring of food-contact surface hygiene with rapid microbial kits
title_short	Enhancing regular monitoring of food-contact surface hygiene with rapid microbial kits
title_full	Enhancing regular monitoring of food-contact surface hygiene with rapid microbial kits
title_fullStr	Enhancing regular monitoring of food-contact surface hygiene with rapid microbial kits
title_full_unstemmed	Enhancing regular monitoring of food-contact surface hygiene with rapid microbial kits
title_sort	enhancing regular monitoring of food-contact surface hygiene with rapid microbial kits
publisher	AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK
publishDate	2018
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Enhancing regular monitoring of food-contact surface hygiene with rapid microbial kits

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