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Quantitative Analysis of Microbiological Profiles of Retailed White Rice  

Kim, Min-Ju (Dept. of Food Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University)
Kim, Byung-Hoon (Dept. of Food Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University)
Park, Sung-Soo (Cheju Traditional Food Institute, Cheju Halla College)
Park, Sung-Hee (World Institute of Kimchi)
Kim, Dong-Ho (Seowon University)
Kim, Keun-Sung (Dept. of Food Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University)
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Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety / v.26, no.3, 2011 , pp. 198-202 More about this Journal
Abstract
Rice has been the most important staple food in everyday meals of Korean people for thousands of years. Nowadays, it is getting increasingly used as flour ingredients in a variety of processed foods, so that it is consumed in more diversified ways. As a consequence, production volume of rice flour to manufacture rice cakes, noodles, breads, or confectioneries is recently getting increased in Korea. But there are not sufficient research outcomes to guarantee Korean consumers microbiological qualities of rice flour as well as rice. As a preliminary experiment, therefore, the microbiological profiles (aerobic mesophilic bacteria (AMB), spore-forming aerobic bacteria (SAB), lactic acid bacteria (LAB), yeasts and molds (YM), and Escherichia coli and coliforms) have been monitored for nine retailed white rice samples in this study. AMB counts ranged $10^2-10^6$ CFU/g for all the nine white rice samples. All the nine rice samples have SAB counts within a narrow range $(1.0{\times}10^2-2.5{\times}10^3$ CFU/g). LAB was detected in two white rice samples ($4.0{\times}10^2$ and $3.7{\times}10^3$ CFU/g), YM was detected in one white rice sample ($2.0{\times}10^2$ CFU/g) only. E. coli was not detected from all the nine samples. Coliforms were detected in one white rice sample ($4.1{\times}10$ CFU/g) only. All the rice samples were conclusively considered to have various microorganisms, though most of them are harmless and some, such as coliforms, may be harmful.
Keywords
white rice; microbiological profiles;
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