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Good manufacturing practices and microbial contamination sources in orange fleshed sweet potato puree processing plant in Kenya.

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Title Good manufacturing practices and microbial contamination sources in orange fleshed sweet potato puree processing plant in Kenya.
 
Creator Derick, N.M.
Muzhingi, T.
George, O.A.
 
Subject sweet potatoes
production
processing quality
 
Description Limited information exists on the status of hygiene and probable sources of microbial contamination in Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP) puree processing. The current study is aimed at determining the level of compliance to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), hygiene, and microbial quality in OFSP puree processing plant in Kenya. Intensive observation and interviews using a structured GMPs checklist, environmental sampling, and microbial analysis by standard microbiological methods were used in data collection. The results indicated low level of compliance to GMPs with an overall compliance score of 58%. Microbial counts on food equipment surfaces, installations, and personnel hands and in packaged OFSP puree were above the recommended microbial safety and quality legal limits. Steaming significantly (P
 
Date 2018
2018-05-29T20:08:39Z
2018-05-29T20:08:39Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Derick, N.M.; Muzhingi, T.; George, O.A. 2018. Good manufacturing practices and microbial contamination sources in orange fleshed sweet potato puree processing plant in Kenya. International Journal of Food Science. ISSN 2356-7015. 2018(ID 4093161):11 p.
2356-7015
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92955
https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/4093161
 
Language en
 
Rights Open Access
 
Format 11 p.
 
Source International Journal of Food Science