• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.427-439
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• 2021

Objectives: This study aims to investigate differences in microbial contamination according to the duration and environment of mask wearing. Methods: Forty-five participants were recruited from workers in an offices, multi-purpose facilities, and a schools. After wearing of KF94 mask for two. four, and six hours, the microorganisms adsorbed on the outer and inner layers of the mask were inoculated on BAP(Blood Agar Plate), Chocolate agar, and SDA plates. The bacterial count (CFUs: colony-forming units) cultured in each plate was measured and analyzed for changes in filtration efficiency. Results: The microbial contamination of masks worn in classrooms, offices, and multi-purpose facilities showed a significant difference depending on the environment (p<0.000). The measured CFUs increased significantly according to the time wearing the mask. The difference between the inner and outer layers of the mask was also significant (p<0.05). However, there was no statistical difference in the filtration efficiency of the masks by duration time (p=0.515). Conclusions: Masks worn by workers in the offices, multi-purpose facilities, and schools showed an increase of microbial contamination with the amount of time wearing the mask. The results indicate that the masks used in daily life may have adverse health effects if they are worn for a long time or reused over several days without the realizing that the masks can be contaminated with biological hazards. Guidelines on the safe threshold time for mask use should be established through further research.

• 동아시아식생활학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.265-274
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• 2004

To investigate the effect of cereal powders on the quality and storage characteristics of sausage, Aw, pH, microbial count, TBA value, VBN value, textual and sensory characteristics were examined. Water activity tended to decrease as storage time prolonged and all the samples showed higher Aw's than that of the control. During the storage period, pH values of all the samples decreased. L, a and b values had a tendency to decrease during the storage period. During the four weeks storage at 4$^{\circ}C$, TBA and VBN values of all the sample showed increasing tendency and were lower than those of the control. Total plate counts of bacteria, the number of lactic acid bacteria and coliform bacteria counts increased as the storage time prolonged. Texture characteristics of all samples increased up to 1 week storage and decreased subsequently. The sensory scores of all the samples decreased as the storage time prolonged.

• 환경생물
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.189-196
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• 2002

The direct detection of intestinal pathogens and viruses often requires costly, tedious, and time-consuming procedures. These requirements developed a test to show that the water was contaminated with sewage-borne pathogens by assessing the hygienic quality of water based on indicator microorganisms whose presence indicates that pathogenic microorganisms may also be present. Various groups of microorganisms have been suggested and used as indicator microorganisms. Proposed and commonly used microbial indicators are total coliforms, fecal coliforms, fecal streptococci, Clostridium perfringens, heterotrophic plate count, bacteriophage, and so on. Unfortunately, most, if not all, of these indicators are not ideal because of the sensitivity and resistance to environment stresses and disinfection. However, the development of gene probes and PCR technology may give hope for the discovery of rapid and simple methods toy detecting small number of fecal pathogens in various environments.

• 한국식품조리과학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.171-177
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• 1999

The purpose of this study was to serve a standard of the good quality control and shelf-life of food and beverage served from the vending machines. So it was performed to examine the temperature (internal & external environmental, food itself), pH, Aw, POV and microbiological quality of Adlay tea and Wheat noodles served from the vending machines based on storage time in the machines. They were assessed to find the critical control point(CCP) during each of the production, delivery, purchasing phases from the vending machines. The result of this study can be summarized as follows: 1. The temperature of foods inside the vending machines was ranged from 4$0^{\circ}C$ to 45$^{\circ}C$. It was in the range of dangerous zone. The average temperature of food showed 71$^{\circ}C$ for Adlay tea and 74$^{\circ}C$ for Wheat noodles. As a result of measuring pH and Aw, they had potential danger. 2. Even though POV was low, it increased as the time passed. 3. As a result of microbial analysis, it showed that the amount of total plate count and coliforms were increased ten times after 1 day respectively. Wheat noodles' coliform and total plate counts exceeded standard value in 1 day. As a result of food poisoning bacteria, it was negative in sample against Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.313-319
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• 2012

Consumer's preference and microbial inspections on fresh raw beef were carried out to understand the actual market status in Gwanju, Korea. Over 15 questions on questionnaire by 1,111 randomly selected respondents between April and May in 2011, results showed 65.5% positive on eating fresh raw beef, 63.8% negative on good hygiene condition of fresh raw beef, and 72.5% positive on the secure of the hygiene-safety for priority program, respectively. For microbial inspections, a total of 302 samples were collected from fresh raw beef purchased from slaughterhouse (n=122), transport (n=69) and consumer (n=81) stage, from lettuce (n=30) at consumer stage. The aerobic plate count (APC), E. coli count and food borne bacteria such as Salmonella spp., Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus(S.) aureus and E. coli O157:H7 were tested in the samples. As results, the level of count on APC of fresh raw beef ranged $6{\times}10^1{\sim}1.8{\times}10^5CFU/g$ from slaughterhouse, $2{\times}10^2{\sim}8.3{\times}10^5CFU/g$ from transport stage and $1{\times}10^2{\sim}4{\times}10^5CFU/g$ from consumer stage. The level of count on E. coli of fresh raw beef ranged $1{\sim}9{\times}10^1CFU/g$ from slaughterhouse, $1{\sim}7{\times}10CFU/g$ from transport stage and $1{\sim}5.5{\times}10CFU/g$ from consumer stage. In total, 26 S. aureus were isolated, 10 (14.5%) from fresh raw beef at transport stage, 12 (14.8%) from fresh raw beef and 4 (13.3%) from lettuce at consumer stage. Enterotoxin of S. aureus was not detected among 26 isolates. All S. aureus isolates were typed using a DiversiLab$^{TM}$ rep-PCR system for genetic similarity test, showing over 95% of genetic relationship amon isolates.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.1341-1349
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• 2000

젓갈 미생물 계수용 배지의 소금농도를 결정하기 위한 실험에서는 NaCl을 5% 첨가한 배지에서 가장 많은 수의 미생물이 계수되었고, 시료를 보존하기 위한 동결보호제는 glycerol 15%를 사용하였을 때 $-170^{\circ}C$에서 30일 보존 후 총균수는 75.5%, 젖산균수는 61.3%로 가장 높은 생존율을 나타내었다. 조개젓의 숙성과정 중 pH는 초기 6.8에서 5.0으로 낮아졌고, 숙성 후 단백질 함량은 조개젓은 10%, 멸치액젓은 $6{\sim}7%$이었다. 조개젓의 미생물수는 멸치액젓의 미생물수보다 많았고, 조개젓의 경우는 숙성기간에 따라 미생물수가 증가했다가 감소하는 경향을 보여주었으나 멸치액젓은 서서히 감소하는 경향을 보여주었다. 조개젓의 경우 숙성 4주까지 그램 양성, 카탈라아제 음성 세균들의 비율이 크게 증가하는 전형적인 젖산 발효 형태를 보여주었다. 젓갈을 $-170^{\circ}C$의 액체질소 탱크에서 2년간 보존 후 미생물수는 전체적으로 90% 이상 사멸하였고, 균총 변화를 보면 조개젓의 경우에는 그램 음성 세균과 간균의 생존율이 더 높았으나 거제 멸치액젓의 경우는 간균의 비율이 구균에 비해 감소하였다. 두 가지 젓갈에서 모두 효모의 비율은 크게 떨어졌다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.43-48
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• 2008

정도관리는 분석 결과의 신뢰성을 높이기 위해 필수적인 과정이며, 이를 위해서는 일정한 농도의 표준시료가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 정도관리의 정략분석을 위해 실온에서도 일정시간 개체수가 유지되는 미생물 정도관리용 표준시료를 제작하였다. 대장균으로 조제한 미생물 시료에 세포 분열을 억제하기 위해 nalidixic acid ($100\;{\mu}g/ml$)와 cephalexin ($50\;{\mu}g/ml$)을 첨가하였다. 이후 12시간 간격으로 acridine orange로 염색 후 현미경으로 계수하는 방법과 한천 배지에 배양하여 집락을 계수하는 평판집락계수법으로 개체수 변화를 측정하였다. 현미경 계수 결과 초기간이 $3.7{\times}10^5\;cells/ml$이었을 때 대장균의 개체수는 48시간 동안 $3.5{\sim}4.2{\times}10^5\;cells/ml$의 범위를 보였고, 평판집락법 결과 초기값이 $1.2{\times}10^4\;CFU/ml$ 이었을 경우에는 $1.0{\sim}1.2{\times}10^4\;CFU/ml$로 조사되어 냉장 및 냉동의 필요 없이 실온에서도 48시간 동안 개체수가 비교적 안정적으로 유지되는 미생물 표준시료를 제작할 수 있었다. 따라서 본 연구에서 제작된 표준시료는 현재 상업적으로 판매되고 있는 표준균주 제품과 함께 정도관리의 정략분석을 위해 사용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.249-257
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• 2015

위생적인 수확후처리를 통하여 안전한 농산물 생산을 유도하기 위하여 영양부추를 대상으로 수확후 처리시설 모델을 개발하였으며 개발된 수확후 처리시설 설치와 위생교육이 미생물 안전에 미치는 효과를 검증하고자 본 연구를 수행하였다. 이를 위하여 양주지역 영양부추 생산 농가의 수확 후 처리시설 환경과 영양부추에서 위생지표세균(일반세균수, 대장균군, E. coli)과 병원성미생물(Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella spp., Staphylococcus aureus, Listeria monocytogenes, Bacillus cereus)을 조사하였다. 그 결과, 빗, 칼, 도마 등 수확후 처리시설에서 사용하는 작업도구의 일반세균수 오염수준은 수확후 처리시설 설치농가(A, B)에서 수확후 처리시설 비설치농가(C) 보다 1.44~2.33 log CFU / 100$100cm^2$ 정도 낮았다. 특히 도마의 경우 A농가에서 1.00 log CFU / 100$100cm^2$이하, B 농가에서 2.23 log CFU / $100cm^2$인데 반해 C 농가에서는 6.03 log CFU / $100cm^2$로 농가간의 위생 상태에 따라 B. cereus의 오염수준이 차이가 크게 나타났다. 또한 지하수에 침지 한 영양부추에서 침지 전 보다 대장균군이 0.57~1.89 log CFU/g이 증가하였다. E. coli는 영양부추, 침지한 후 지하수, 토양에서 검출되었으며, E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella spp., L. monocytogenes는 검출되지 않았다. 따라서 본 연구의 결과를 통하여 소규모 수확 후 처리시설 설치와 위생교육을 통하여 농가 내 수확후처리 환경의 위생을 개선하는데 효과적이라 판단된다. 이와 더불어 유해미생물에 의한 식중독사고를 사전에 예방하기 위해서는 수확 후에 오염된 유해미생물을 저감화 할 수 있는 세척, 소독 기술의 개발과 도입이 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.292-298
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 새싹종자 소독처리 여부에 따른 재배기간별 미생물 오염도 수준을 파악하고, 종자소독이 발아율에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 수입산 새싹종자 알팔파(alfalfa), 브로콜리(broccoli), 클로버(clover), 적양배추(red cabbage), 적무(red radish) 5종에 대하여 소독제 처리 여부에 따른 발아율과 재배기간별 미생물 분석을 실시하였다. 소독제 종류에 관계없이 새싹종자(알팔파, 클로버, 적무)는 48시간 후 90% 이상 높은 발아율을 보였다. 종자 소독 시 식중독균은 검출되지 않았고, 대조군에 비하여 유의하게 낮은 미생물 수준을 보였으나, 발아과정에서 일반세균, 대장균군 모두 $10^7-10^8CFU/g$으로 종자소독 여부에 관계없이 종자에 비하여 유의하게 높은 오염 수준을 나타내었다(p<0.05). 또한 종자 소독하지 않은 클로버에서 Listeria monocytogenes 이 검출되었다. 따라서 새싹채소의 위생적인 안전성을 개선하기 위하여 미국 FDA 권고에 따라 재배전 종자의 소독이 필요하며, 발아과정의 HACCP 관리계획을 마련하여 중점적으로 관리하는 것이 필요하겠다.

• 대한영양사협회학술지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.222-233
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• 2012

The purpose of this study was the improvement and modification of the HACCP verification checklist in school foodservices. For this, the HACCP verification checklist was modified on the basis of an existing school foodservice format. The modified checklist was composed of 28 items, including CCPs (critical control points), microbial test, and other components of the HACCP system than CCPs. To confirm the suitability of the modified checklist, comparisons were made based on the microbiological quality of cooked foods, utensils, and number of aerial microbes in the working area. In this study, the applicability of the modified checklist was determined by focusing on cooked squid with seasoned fresh vegetables (Ojingeochaesomoochim). The following results were obtained from 14 schools in Changwon. The checklist scores for maintaining hot foods over $60^{\circ}C$ or serving within 2 hours, microbial tests of drinking water, food contact surfaces and cooking utensils, monitoring tools, and usage of suitable sanitizers were 2 points each (The possible highest score is 2 points). On the contrary, the checklist score for microbial test of cooked foods was the lowest of all the items. The correlation coefficient (r) between the improved checklist and microbiological quality of cooked foods was 0.699 (P<0.01), whereas that between the improved checklist and microbiological quality of cooking utensils was 0.612 (P<0.05). The correlation coefficient between the improved checklist and aerial plate count in the working area was -0.556 (P<0.05). Our results indicate the potential possibility of using the HACCP verification checklist in school foodservices.