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The agri-food industry routinely enumerates microbial flora, which indicates the microbiological quality of the entire production process, from raw materials to finished products.
Quality indicators are of major importance in establishing a HACCP approach and guarantee the commercial value of food products from leaving the factory through to the end of their shelf life.
Quality indicators enumerated in routine usually are :
- Total count
- Coliforms
- E. coli
- S. aureus
- Enterobacteriaceae
- Yeast & moulds…
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