• Bulletin of Food Technology
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.10-25
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• 1999

전체적인 국민 생활수준의 향상에 따라 건강에 대한 관심이 매우 높아지면서 고품질의 신선 식품에 대한 수요가 급격히 늘고 있는 추세이다. 그 가운데에서도 과일, 채소류의 비중이 점차 증대되고 있으며, 이들의 가공제품보다는 신선한 식품에 대한 소비 성향이 괄목할 만한 성장세를 나타내고 있다. 이와 함께 신선 과일, 채소류의 소비에 있어 변화하고 있는 또 다른 경향은 소비자가 이용시 간편성과 합리성을 추구하고 있다는 점이다. 이에 따라 최근에는 각종 신선편의식품이 시대의 조류에 맞춰 출시되고 있으며, 특히 이들 상품에 대한 수요는 여성의 사회진출, 맞벌이 부부의 증가, 독신자의 증가, 노인층 구매력의 증가 등 여러 가지 사회환경 변화에 부응하여 더 더욱 증대할 것으로 판단된다. 이에 본고에서는 한국식품개발연구원이 보건복지부의 연구비 지원으로 수행중인 보건의료기술 개발과제와 관련하여 신선 과채류 편의식품의 안전성 및 저장성 측면에서 품질향상을 위해 적용할 수 있는 각종 새로운 기술, 즉 원재료에서 포장된 상품 상태까지 과일, 채소류의 최소가공 과정을 포함한 전 단계의 처리방법을 소개하고 자 한다.

• 식품위생정보
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• s.225
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• pp.13-14
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• 2009

• Bulletin of Food Technology
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.172-176
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• 2013

• Food preservation and processing industry
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.30-34
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• 2004

• Food Industry
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• s.168
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• pp.116-119
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• 2002

• Food Industry
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• s.221
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• pp.54-57
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• 2011

• Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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• v.32 no.5
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• pp.348-354
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• 2017

Internationally different food safety regulation and standards could cause troubles in trade unless those are built on scientific knowledge. In this research, we monitored the microbial population and analyzed the results to determine the level of microbial contamination in foodstuffs using relatively new statistical analysis (microbiological sampling plan, International Commission on Microbiological Specification for Foods). The goal of this research falls on establishing entirely new standards for various food categories addressed in the Korean "Food Code". Targets for monitoring were indicator organisms (i.e. total aerobic count, coliform and Escherichia coli) and foodborne pathogens (i.e. Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium perfringens) in ready-to-eat (RTE) products. As the result of the monitoring, total aerobic count, coliform, E. coli, and B. cereus in RTE products were found at the mean values of 2.10 log CFU/g, -0.60 log CFU/g, -1.33 log CFU/g and -1.23 log CFU/g, respectively. S. aureus was detected with the level of -1.35 log CFU/g only in fresh-cut food, while C. perfringens was -1.37 log CFU/g only in ready-to-cook food. Other samples did not have any food borne pathogens. Total aerobic count, B. cereus, S. aureus and C. perfringens satisfied the Food Code (the MFDS). On the basis of the analysis, we proposed a draft of microbial criteria for RTE products.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.53 no.6
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• pp.809-814
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• 2021

This study was performed to evaluate the microbiological quality of fresh cut fruits in Korea. Forty freshly cut fruit samples were assessed for aerobic mesophilic count (AM), aerobic psychrophilic count (AP), total coliform, generic Escherichia coli, yeast and mold (YM), Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella spp., and E. coli O157:H7. The average value for AM, AP, and YM was 4.51, 5.35, and 4.31 log CFU/g, respectively. The average of the total coliform was 2.42 log CFU/g, and E. coli was not detected in all samples. For foodborne pathogen bacteria, B. cereus and S. aureus were detected in 2.5 and 7.5% samples, respectively, and Salmonella spp. and E. coli O157:H7 were not detected in all samples. Among the samples, pear generally had the highest contamination level. Therefore, to assure the safety of fresh cut fruits, low temperature and thorough hygiene management should be implemented.

• Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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• v.35 no.5
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• pp.459-467
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• 2020

In this study, we investigated the changes in both ambient temperature and microbial contamination of fresh convenience foods (FCFs) caused by the behavior of consumers after purchase. According to consumer survey results, it took 0.5 to 3 h put the purchased FCF in a home refrigerator or consume it. Only aerobic bacteria and Staphylococcus aureus (below maximum permitted limit) were detected in FCFs obtained from a local market. During storage of FCFs in a vehicle trunk for up to 3 h. the external and internal temperatures of FCFs were found to be 19 and 18.5℃ in spring, 44 and 42℃ in summer, 31.3 and 29.2℃ in autumn, and 17.6 and 16.8℃ in winter, respectively. Changes in contamination levels of aerobic bacteria on FCFs stored in a vehicle trunk for up to 3 hours are as follows: 2.72 → 3.41 log CFU/g in spring, 3.11 → 4.32 log CFU/g in summer, 3.08 → 3.81 log CFU/g in autumn, 2.71 → 3.36 log CFU/g in winter. S. aureus exceeding the tolerance was detected even when the FCFs were stored in a vehicle trunk for 1 h in summer and autumn and 2 h in spring and winter. Among three boxes (corrugated box, styrofoam box, and corrugated box coated with an aluminum film), the styrofoam box maintained the lowest temperature and showed the lowest growth rate of microorganisms on FCF after storage for 3 h in the vehicle trunk depending on whether ice was added. These results indicated that the possibility of food poisoning occurs when FCFs are exposed to the external environment. It is necessary to provide guidelines regarding storage temperature and allowable time for safe consumption of FCFs after purchase.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.76-88
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• 2014

This research has been conducted to provide the fundamental data for foodservice & culinary research by analyzing 1,054 papers in 'The Korean Journal of Culinary Research' from 1995 through 2012 regarding year, theme, material, and subject. The released papers are 58.6 a year and almost 50 percent of related papers have been published, considering that 511 papers have been released for the recent five years. The research theme was first classified into four following areas such as foodservice, culinary, food and so forth. Then it was subdivided under 65 items on 19 subject matters. Most of the studies are related to foodservice area(595 papers, 56.4%), followed by culinary area (250 papers, 23.7%), food area(105 papers, 10.0%) and other areas (104 papers, 9.9%). For the topics used in foodservice research, most papers investigated the marketing area(170 paper, 28.6%). In culinary and food-related research, papers dealt with confectionary and bread (67 papers, 23.3%), sauce dressing (38 papers, 13.2%), vegetable fruit (36 papers, 12.5%), fermented food (35 papers, 12.5). In regard to the analysis of research subjects, institutions, and companies, 140 papers(38.2%) conducted hotel-related research, followed by 106 restaurant-related papers (29%) and forty-three papers(11.8%) on foodservice enterprises and franchises. Based on this analysis, most of the theses in 'The Korean Journal of Culinary Research' have been published in the area of foodservice (56.4%). In comparison, the theses in the area of culinary and food are associated with the name of the journal and only 33.7 percent of papers have been released. For these reasons, the name of the journal would rather be renamed 'The Korean Journal of Foodservice and Culinary Research'.