RAW MILK IN AUTOMATIC SALE MACHINES: MONITORING PLAN IN PIEDEMONT REGION


https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2010.1042
AIVI - June 2010 - Issue 8
Submitted: 7 February 2013
Accepted: 7 February 2013
Published: 13 June 2010
Raw milk, vending machines, microbiological criteria
Abstract Views: 852
PDF: 977
Publisher's note
All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.

Authors

  • S. Gallina
    lucia.zoppi@pagepress.org
    Struttura Complessa Controllo Alimenti e Igiene delle Produzioni Zootecniche, IZS Piemonte, Liguria, Valle d’Aosta, Torino, Italy.
  • A Barbaro Osservatorio Epidemiologico, IZS Piemonte, Liguria, Valle d’Aosta, Torino, Italy.
  • M Sommariva Sezione di Novara, IZS Piemonte, Liguria, Valle d’Aosta, Novara, Italy.
  • L. Chiavacci Osservatorio Epidemiologico, IZS Piemonte, Liguria, Valle d’Aosta, Torino, Italy.
  • N Vitale Osservatorio Epidemiologico, IZS Piemonte, Liguria, Valle d’Aosta, Torino, Italy.
  • D Adriano Laboratorio di Batteriologia Specializzata, IZS Piemonte, Liguria, Valle d’Aosta, Torino, Italy.
Raw milk at vending machine is surging in popularity amongst consumers of Northern Italy; indeed in Piedmont Region there are more than 100 vending machines. In June 2008 Piedmont Region set out a specific monitoring plan to check the milk quality. From June to December 2008, 113 raw milk samples were collected at vending machines. Samples were analysed for Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella spp., coagulase positive staphylococci, Staphylococcus aureus and Campylobacter. Moreover, 100 samples were analysed for the quantification of aflatoxin M1. 26 samples have been resulted Not Conform for the hygienic criteria and 1 exceeded the aflatoxin M1 limit.

1.
Gallina S, Barbaro A, Sommariva M, Chiavacci L, Vitale N, Adriano D. RAW MILK IN AUTOMATIC SALE MACHINES: MONITORING PLAN IN PIEDEMONT REGION. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2010 Jun. 13 [cited 2024 Apr. 19];1(8):79-80. Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2010.8.79

PAGEPress has chosen to apply the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) to all manuscripts to be published.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Citations

Crossref
Scopus
Google Scholar
Europe PMC

Similar Articles

You may also start an advanced similarity search for this article.