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Determining the Ice-binding Planes of Antifreeze Proteins by Fluorescence-based Ice Plane Affinity
Published on: January 15, 2014
[Salubrity of ice sold in blocks: from production to sales]
1Département de microbiologie de l'UFR des sciences pharmaceutiques et biologiques, B. P. V 34 Abidjan 01, Côte d'Ivoire.
Abstract:
We conducted a study in order to determine the salubrity of ice produced in blocks, tracing them from 10 factories in Abidjan to 10 different market places where they are sold in town. On the basis of physico-chemical and microbiological analyses, the water was shown to be potable. However, the results of the analysed samples taken from the ice indicated a deterioration of the physico-chemical and microbiological qualities. The data revealed that consumers may be exposed to water-borne diseases such as cholera, salmonelloses, shigelloses, gastro-enteritis. Ice producers and vendors must be provided with special training in sanitation so as to prevent the transmission of pathogenic bacteria in ice.
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