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http://dx.doi.org/10.3746/jkfn.2011.40.1.116

Evaluation and Reduction of Microbiological Hazard of Spoon and Spoon Case Carried by Nursery School Children  

Kim, Jung-Beom (Health Research Department, Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health & Environment)
Park, Yong-Bae (Health Research Department, Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health & Environment)
Kim, Ki-Cheol (Health Research Department, Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health & Environment)
Kim, Dae-Hwan (Health Research Department, Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health & Environment)
Kang, Suk-Ho (Health Research Department, Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health & Environment)
Lim, Young-Sik (Health Research Department, Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health & Environment)
Park, Po-Hyun (Health Research Department, Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health & Environment)
Yoon, Mi-Hye (Health Research Department, Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health & Environment)
Lee, Jong-Bok (Health Research Department, Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health & Environment)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition / v.40, no.1, 2011 , pp. 116-122 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to investigate the microbiological hazard of spoons and their cases carried by nursery school children and to evaluate the reduction effects of washing methods and ultraviolet (UV) treatments against Escherichia coli on the spoon and spoon case. A total of 78 spoons and their cases were sampled to test about total aerobic bacteria, coliform bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus and Salmonella spp. Total aerobic bacteria were detected over 2.7 log CFU/100 $cm^2$ in 20 out of 36 spoons (55.6%), 9 out of 20 zipper-type spoon cases (45.0%) and 13 out of 22 plastic-type spoon cases (59.1%). Coliform bacteria were also detected in 19 out of 36 spoons (52.8%), 14 out of 20 zipper-type spoon cases (70.0%) and 14 out of 22 plastic-type spoon cases (63.6%). The pathogens tested in this study were not found in all samples except for the zipper-type spoon cases which were contaminated with Staph. aureus (2 samples) and B. cereus (3 samples). The results indicated that the sanitary conditions of spoons and their cases should be improved promptly. To evaluate the reduction effects of washing methods and UV treatments against E. coli, the spoons and their cases were treated at different cleaning times with and without soap, and different UV exposure times, respectively. E. coli with initial cell number of 4 log CFU on the spoons and their cases was not detected when they were cleaned at running water for 30 sec after dish sponging with soap for 30 sec. In UV treatments, E. coli with the same level of washing method was not detected after UV exposure for 15 minute in the spoons and their cases. From the results, the washing and UV treatment should be used to control the microbial contamination of spoons and their cases for more than 1 and 15 minutes, respectively.
Keywords
nursery school; spoon; spoon case; microbiological hazard; reduction;
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