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Survey For Clostridium botulinum In Nine Selected Canneries
Mitzi L Kibler1, Warren E Anderson1, Sandy L Wells1
1Michigan Fruit Canners, P.O. Box 68, Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022, Curtice Burns, Inc., I Lincoln First Square, P.O. Box 681, Rochester, New York 14603 and Comstock Foods, P.O. Box 670, Rochester, New York 14602.
Abstract:
Nine canneries and eight labeling operations, located across the United States, were surveyed for mesophilic anaerobic spores including Clostridium botulinum . Particular attention was given to processing and cooling water, surfaces of processing equipment, and post-processing can handling operations. Of the 571 samples that were cultured, about 33% yielded viable spores of mesophilic anaerobic bacteria. None, however, contained C. botulinum .
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