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Microbiological monitoring of air quality in a university canteen: an 11-year report.
- Source :
- Environmental Monitoring & Assessment; Jun2013, Vol. 185 Issue 6, p4765-4774, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Over the past decade, an increased tendency to consume meals at dining facilities outside the home has been highlighted; moreover, meals supplied in food businesses have been involved in many foodborne disease outbreaks. Therefore, microbial air contamination in food processing facilities could be a concern and an increase of microbial loads could represent a risk factor, especially for the potential contamination of foods due to undesirable spoiling and pathogenic bacteria. In this paper, the results of an 11-year microbiological monitoring of air quality in a university canteen are reported. The study, which started in the year 2000, was performed within a hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) plan implementation of a canteen that produces about 1,000 meals a day in order to verify the effectiveness of corrective actions on the indoor air quality. The primary food preparation room, the kitchen, and three cold rooms underwent air sampling by using a calibrated impaction sampler. Our investigation detected a general and progressive improvement in the air quality of the canteen since the beginning of the study, thus suggesting the appropriateness of the corrective action undertaken during the HACCP implementation program. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- AIR quality
AIR pollution
INDOOR air pollution
COMMUNICABLE diseases
FOOD safety
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01676369
- Volume :
- 185
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Environmental Monitoring & Assessment
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 87390737
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-012-2903-7