scholarly journals Comparison of the Compact Dry CF with the Most Probable Number Method (AOAC Official Method 966.24) for Enumeration of Coliform Bacteria in Raw Meats: Performance-Tested MethodSM 110401

2006 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hidemasa Kodaka ◽  
Hajime Teramura ◽  
Tadanobu Nirazuka ◽  
Shingo Mizuochi ◽  
David Goins ◽  
...  

Abstract Compact Dry CF is a ready-to-use test method for the enumeration of coliform bacteria in food. The plates are presterilized and contain culture medium and a cold water-soluble gelling agent. The medium should be rehydrated with 1 mL diluted sample inoculated into the center of the self-diffusible medium, allowing the solution to diffuse by capillary action. The plate can be incubated at 35C for 2024 h and the colonies counted without any further working steps. The Compact Dry CF medium plates were validated with 5 different raw meats. The performance tests were conducted at 35C. In all studies performed, no apparent differences were observed between the Compact Dry CF method and the AOAC Official Method 966.24 results. For the accuracy claim (n = 75), a correlation factor of r2 = 0.91 (coliform) could be assigned, as stated in the application for Performance-Tested MethodSM. No significant variations in coliform bacterial counts were observed with different production lots or plates of diverse storage age by the quality consistency and storage robustness studies.

2006 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hidemasa Kodaka ◽  
Shingo Mizuochi ◽  
Hajime Teramura ◽  
Tadanobu Nirazuka ◽  
David Goins ◽  
...  

Abstract Compact Dry E. coli/Coliform Count (EC) is a ready-to-use test method for the enumeration of Escherichia coli and coliform bacteria in food. The plates are presterilized and contain culture medium and a cold water-soluble gelling agent. The medium should be rehydrated with 1 mL diluted sample inoculated onto the center of the self-diffusible medium, allowing the solution to diffuse by capillary action. The plate can be incubated at 35C for 2024 h and the colonies counted without any further working steps. The Compact Dry EC medium plates were validated as an analysis tool for determining colony-forming units (CFU) of E. coli and coliform bacteria from a variety of raw meats using 5 different types of raw meats. The performance tests were conducted at 35C. In all studies performed, no apparent differences were observed between the Compact Dry ECmethod and theAOAC Official Method 966.24 results. For the accuracy claim (n = 75), a correlation factor of r2 = 0.93 (E. coli) and r2 = 0.93 (coliform bacteria) could be assigned, as stated in the application for Performance-Tested MethodSM.


2003 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-121
Author(s):  
JOHN KAROLUS ◽  
MERCURIA CUMBO ◽  
SUSAN BOEHLER ◽  
LAURA SAVINA

Four hundred fifteen shellfish seawater samples from approved, conditionally approved, and restricted areas along the coastlines of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maine were tested in duplicate to compare results obtained with A-1 medium (AOAC official method no. 978.23) and those obtained with A-1 medium without salicin. Four laboratories used five sets of most probable number procedures to perform the analyses. No statistically significant differences between the two media were found with the t test, the F test, or the analysis of variance.


2009 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 169-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
HIDEMASA KODAKA ◽  
HAJIME TERAMURA ◽  
SHINGO MIZUOCHI ◽  
MIKAKO SAITO ◽  
HIDEAKI MATSUOKA

Compact Dry VP (CDVP) is a ready-to-use method for enumerating Vibrio parahaemolyticus in food. The presterilized plates contain a culture medium comprising peptone, NaCl, bile salts, antibiotics, chromogenic substrates, and polysaccharide gum as a cold water–soluble gelling. After diluting raw seafood samples in a phosphate-buffered saline solution, a 1-ml aliquot was inoculated onto the center of the plate and allowed to diffuse by capillary action. Blue-green colonies forming on the plates were counted after 18 to 20 h of incubation at 35°C. A total of 85 V. parahaemolyticus strains (62 tdh+ strains and 23 tdh− strains) were studied for inclusivity, 81 (95.3 %) of which produced blue-green colonies. When 97 strains (14 strains of Vibrio spp., 33 strains of coliform bacteria, and 50 strains of noncoliform bacteria) were assessed for exclusivity, 10 strains of Vibrio spp. produced non–blue-green colonies, and 87 strains failed to grow. The CDVP and U.S. Food and Drug Administration Bacteriological Analytical Manual (FDA-BAM) methods were compared with the use of four different types of raw seafood that were inoculated with four different V. parahaemolyticus strains. For raw tuna and oysters, the FDA-BAM colony lift method was used, whereas the FDA-BAM most-probable-number method was used for salmon and scallop. The linear correlation coefficients between the CDVP and FDA-BAM methods were 0.99 for fresh raw tuna, 0.95 for fresh raw oysters, 0.95 for frozen raw salmon, and 0.95 for frozen raw scallops. These results suggest that the CDVP method is useful for screening raw seafood for V. parahaemolyticus.


1994 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 351-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Abeyta ◽  
June H Wetherington

Abstract Eleven laboratories participated in a collaborative study analyzing shellfish (oysters, Crassostrea gigas) for the detection and enumeration of Clostridium perfringens by the iron milk medium (IMM) method. The IMM method was compared to AOAC Official Method 976.30. Shellfish were artificially inoculated with C. perfringens cells (vegetative and spores) at low (1 × 103 colony forming units [cfu]/g), medium (1 × 104 cfu/g), and high (1 × 106 cfu/g) levels. Negative controls (zero level) were analyzed by each laboratory. C. perfringens FD-1, the strain involved in a foodborne illness, was used. Blind duplicates of each inoculum level were analyzed, giving a total of 16 samples per laboratory. The selectivity of IMM relies solely on the rapid growth of C. perfringens at 45°C indicated by stormy fermentation reaction within 18 h. C. perfringens is detected and enumerated using the most probable number technique. A statistical evaluation of the data found no significant differences between the estimates from the 2 methods. The IMM method for detection of C. perfringens from shellfish has been adopted first action by AOAC INTERNATIONAL.


1995 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald W Warburton ◽  
Philip T Feldsine ◽  
Maria T Falbo-Nelson ◽  
J Ackerl ◽  
D Adamik ◽  
...  

Abstract A total of 19 government and private industry laboratories in Canada and the United States participated in the collaborative study. Naturally contaminated ground poultry and animal meals, as well as inoculated raw shrimp, were examined for presence of Salmonella by both the modified immunodiffusion method and the Bacteriological Analytical Manual culture method, resulting in an agreement rate of 93.1%. The 2 methods are statistically equivalent for all food types at each inoculation level and for all lots of naturally contaminated foods evaluated in this study. The modification of the AOAC Official Method 989.13, immunodiffusion (1–2 TEST) method for detection of motile Salmonella in all foods, has been adopted revised first action by AOAC INTERNATIONAL.


2020 ◽  
Vol 103 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
Priti N Amritkar ◽  
Laxman Gujar ◽  
Ashutosh Kumar Mittal ◽  
Anand Sheshadri ◽  
Rajesh Girdhar ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Ensuring the quality of infant and pediatric formulas and adult nutritionals is of utmost importance for the health and safety of rapidly urbanizing Indian population. B12 is an important water-soluble vitamin, which is fortified externally in such nutritional formulations. The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has a recommended microbiological assay–based method for determination of vitamin B12 that is not precise and accurate enough to meet the label claim requirements of infant, adult, and/or pediatric nutritionals. The AOAC Official Method 2011.10 was originally developed under the AOAC Stakeholder Panel on Infant Formula and Adult Nutritionals (SPIFAN) for the determination of vitamin B12 in infant and pediatric formulas and adult nutritionals. However, those SPIFAN matrixes did not contain malt and other indigenous cereal and legume flour (with or without cocoa powder), which are commonly found in Indian formulations. Thus, there is a need to replace this method with a more precise and accurate method. Objective: This study was undertaken to validate the AOAC Official Method 2011.10 on vitamin B12 in ‘Indian’ infant and pediatric formulas and adult nutritionals. Methods: The single-laboratory validation (SLV) of AOAC Method 2011.10 was carried out as per the AOAC Guidelines in six Indian pediatric and adult nutritional formulas to verify its fitness for purpose. Cobalamin in the sample was converted to cyanocobalamin on treatment with potassium cyanide. The sample was then subjected to clean up through a C18 cartridge. Vitamin B12 in the eluted extract was separated from other components using size-exclusion column chromatography followed by a C18 column. The HPLC analysis was carried out at 550 nm. Results: Diastase treatment and C18 solid-phase extraction cleanup satisfactorily removed the matrix interference. The relative standard deviation of the determined values in 30 samples each from 6 selected Indian products and NIST SRM 1849a was <20%. The average recoveries for the spiked recovery samples ranged from 91.75 to 101.14%. Conclusions: Method 2011.10 met the standard method performance requirements set forth by the AOAC SPIFAN. Therefore, we recommend the Method 2011.10 for adoption as the BIS official method for the analysis of vitamin B12 in ‘Indian’ infant and pediatric formulas and adult nutritionals. Highlights: This was the first SLV project that the AOAC India section undertook to extend the scope of the AOAC Method 2011.10 for vitamin B12 analysis by validating it in ‘Indian’ infant and pediatric formulas and adult nutritionals.


2005 ◽  
Vol 88 (6) ◽  
pp. 1702-1713 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hidemasa Kodaka ◽  
Shingo Mizuochi ◽  
Hajime Teramura ◽  
Tadanobu Nirazuka

Abstract Compact Dry TC qualifies as a rapid method kit for determining aerobic colony counts in foods. The plates are presterilized and contain culture medium and a cold-soluble gelling agent. The medium is rehydrated by inoculating 1 mL diluted sample into the center of the self-diffusible medium and allowing the solution to diffuse by capillary action. The plates can then be incubated and the colonies counted without any additional steps. The Compact Dry TC method was validated with 5 different raw meats. The performance tests were conducted at 35° and 30°C. In all required performance studies, no apparent differences were observed between the Compact Dry TC method and the Standard Pour Plate method (AOAC Official Method 966.23) for the detection level of aerobic microorganisms. For the accuracy claim (n = 60), a correlation factor of r235 = 0.9977 (35°C) and r230 = 0.9932 (30°C) could be assigned, as stated in the application for “Performance Tested Method.SM” Quality consistency and storage robustness studies, showed no significant variations in plate count results with different production lots or plates of diverse storage age.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanda Aulya ◽  
Fadhliani Fadhliani ◽  
Vivi Mardina

Water is the main source for life and also the most severe substance caused by pollution. The mandatory parameters for determining microbiological quality of drinking water are total non-fecal Coliform bacteria and Coliform fecal (Escherichia coli). Coliform bacteria are a group of microorganisms commonly used as indicators, where these bacteria can be a signal to determine whether a water source has been contaminated by bacteria or not, while fecal Coliform bacteria are indicator bacteria polluting pathogenic bacteria originating from human feces and warm-blooded animals (mammals) . The water inspection method in this study uses the MPN (Most Probable Number) method which consists of 3 tests, namely, the presumption test, the affirmation test, and the reinforcement test. The results showed that of 15 drinking water samples 8 samples were tested positive for Coliform bacteria with the highest total bacterial value of sample number 1, 15 (210/100 ml), while 7 other samples were negative. From 8 positive Coliform samples only 1 sample was stated to be negative fecal Coliform bacteria and 7 other samples were positive for Coliform fecal bacteria with the highest total bacterial value of sample number 1 (210/100 ml).


1970 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-6
Author(s):  
R. Bruce Klemm ◽  
Mary E. Ambrose Klemm

Abstract The AOAC official method, 24.029–24.035, for the determination of fluorine in foods was modified slightly to o btain quantitative recoveries of fluorine from samples of fish protein concentrate (FPC). The most important alterations include the use of steam distillation, the addition of finely ground silica sand in the distillation, a decrease in the distillation temperature, and the utilization of direct titration. Recoveries of fluoride added to FPC before ashing, using this modified method, averaged 96.0 ± 3.0%. Our results are in agreement with those of several other analysts who used a variety of methods.


2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Haryoto Kusnoputranto ◽  
Setyo S Moersidik ◽  
Djarot S Wisnubroto ◽  
Murdahayu Makmur

Ledakan mikroalga sering dilaporkan terjadi di Teluk Jakarta, dimana di lokasi tersebut juga terdapat kegiatan budidaya kerang hijau (Perna viridis). Terkait dengan hal tersebut maka dilakukan studi akumulasi dan depurasi toksin PSP (Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning) pada kerang hijau. Studi akumulasi dilakukan di bagan kerang hijau perairan Cilincing Jakarta Utara, dengan memisahkan kerang hijau yang berukuran sama dan ditempatkan kembali ke bagan. Sampling dilakukan setiap minggu selama 2 bulan dan diukur juga kelimpahan fitoplankton, pH, suhu dan salinitas perairan. Depurasi dilakukan di Unit Depurasi Kekerangan KKP Panimbang Banten, yang dilakukan selama 24 jam. Pencuplikan  sampel dilakukan setiap jam pada 4 jam pertama dan setiap 2 dan 3 jam pada waktu berikutnya. Penentuan konsentrasi toksin PSP dilakukan dengan menggunakan HPLC detektor fluoresensi. Prosedur preparasi, ekstraksi dan pengukuran konsentrasi toksin mengikuti Manual AOAC Official Method 2005.06 untuk toksin PSP dalam kekerangan. Akumulasi toksin PSP oleh kerang hijau di perairan Cilincing pada bulan Januari–Pebruari 2011 berkisar antara 4,11–11,96 µg STX eq. per 100 g dan tidak mempunyai korelasi dengan kelimpahan Dinoflagelata di perairan. Hal ini disebabkan uji akumulasi tidak dilakukan pada saat blooming mikroalga. Uji depurasi selama 24 jam mengeliminasi toksin PSP sebesar 60%, sehingga bisa diajukan sebagai sistem pemutus rantai toksin dari mikroalga ke manusia. Kata kunci: akumulasi, depurasi, PSP toksin, kerang hijau, Cilincing Microalgae blooms have been frequently reported in the Jakarta Bay, which is also the location of green mussel (Perna viridis) aquaculture. Accumulation and depuration of Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) toxin in the green mussels were investigated in the field, where the toxin accumulation studies conducted in the mussel farming at Cilincing, North Jakarta. Accumulation test carried out by placing back the selected green mussel (equal size) into the mussel farming. Every week for 2 months, the green mussel were collected from mussel farming and transported to the laboratory. The fitoplankton abundance also was checked including pH, Suhue and salinitiy paramaters. Toxin depuration was conducted at Clams Sanitation Unit at Panimbang Banten. The depuration studies were conducted for 24 hours with sampling every hour in the first 4 hours and every 3 and 2 hours until the 24th hour. Preparation, extraction and toxin concentration measurements performed by following the Manual AOAC Official Method 2005.06 for PSP toxin in oyster. This research concluded that the accumulation of PSP toxin by green mussel, Perna viridis in the mussel farming at Cilincing, North Jakarta in ranged between 4,11–11,96 µg STX eq. per 100 g during January–February 2011. No correlation between PSP toxin concentration in the green mussel, Perna viridis with abundance of the PSP toxin sources phytoplankton, because the study wasnt done when microalgae blooming. The depuration processes was eliminate 60% the PSP toxins for 24 hours depuration processing. It can be proposes as a banded system the PSP toxin from algae to human being. Keywords: accumulation, depuration, PSP toxin, green mussel, Cilincing


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