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Volume 6, Issue 21 (7-2009)
Abstract

Beheshti University, M.C., Tehran,Iran   Spices are used all over the world to prepare foods mainly because of their flavoring properties however , these are grown and harvested in warm, humid areas of the world where the growth of a wide variety of microorganisms is readily supported. The aims of the present work were to evaluate the hygienic quality of some spices,in the chain stores of Tehran . We collected 151 packed samples of three kinds of spices, black pepper, turmeric , cinnamon in the chain stores of Tehran .we investigated to determine their microbial status based on ISIRI.we found these results: average of total aerobic mesophilic  count for turmeric was 3/6 ×  107 cfu/ gr , black pepper: 7× 106  cfu/gr .cinnamon: 1/92×104 cfu/gr  average of coliforms count was: tumeric : 6/26×103 cfu/gr , black pepper : 8/83×103 cfu/gr ,cinnamon:4/7×103 cfu/gr. Feacal coliform tests for 3 kinds of spices were: turmeric 13%  , black pepper34%  ,cinnamon 6%  ,average of yeast and mold count was for turmeric:1/23×103 cfu/gr, black pepper : 2/94×103 cfu/gr and cinnamon  2/9×103 cfu/gr. We compere our results to ISIRI standard and we found that ,some of them were out of standard limit, therefor: it is suggested to provide legislation on the sanitary and hygienic quality of spices in our country.

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