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AIVI - December 2009 - Issue 6
https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2009.1129

OZONE: ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR MITE CONTROL ON SPECK

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Received: 13 February 2013
Accepted: 13 February 2013
Published: 13 December 2009
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Ozone, stored product, speck, mite

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S. Pirani
lucia.zoppi@pagepress.org
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Veterinarie per la Sicurezza Alimentare – Università di Milano, .
C. Bersani
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Veterinarie per la Sicurezza Alimentare – Università di Milano, .
C. Cantoni
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Veterinarie per la Sicurezza Alimentare – Università di Milano, .
This study is aimed at the development of a method for integrated mite control in the industrial production of speck. The investigation were carried out on the premises of five factories in the north-east of Italy. Tyrophagus putrescentiae and T. longior were predominant. The gaseous ozone treatment at low level (0.4 ppm) was able to kill mites in a period within 15 days and 1 month. The characteristic layer of mould on the product surface reappears within 1 month from the end of treatment with ozone.

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OZONE: ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR MITE CONTROL ON SPECK. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2009 Dec. 13 [cited 2026 Oct. 14];1(6):83-4. Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2009.6.83

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