Food Engineering / Gıda Mühendisliği

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    Risk Management of Ready-To Meat Products Contaminated With Listeria Monocytogenes
    (Technical Research Center of Finland, 2009) Korel, Figen
    Nowadays, the modern life style relies heavily on the availability, quality, and safety of ready-to-eat (RTE) food products. The quality of the raw material, handling, processing, transportation and storage are the important factors influencing the microbial quality of the finished product. The mostly consumed RTE meat products are hamburgers, frankfurters, hot dogs, dry/semi-dry fermented sausages, salami, and deli meats. Several pathogens could be found on RTE meat products, including Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, and Staphylococcus aureus. Vegetative pathogens are destroyed during thorough cooking and processing of these products. Contamination during post-processing in the plant, and further contamination and improper handling during storage, at retail or in home cause microbial growth. Pathogens can multiply under inappropriate conditions causing foodborne diseases and outbreaks.
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    Risk Assessment in Miscellaneous Food Processing Industries Including Producers of Vegetables and Spices
    (Technical Research Center of Finland, 2008) Güldaş, Metin; Ursu, Roxana; Lagouri, Vasiliki; Kısıkkaya, N. Aslı; Uyar, M. Fatih; Mokorel, Primoz; Türe, Hasan; Lee, Solmaz; Korel, Figen; Karpiskova, Renata
    Testing foods for pathogenic and spoilage bacteria is the cornerstone to ensuring a safe and wholesome food supply. The methods for monitoring of microbial contamination are based on the following principles: → Cultivation of microbes in the presence of different energy sources, → Analysis of their macromolecular composition and their metabolic byproducts, → Use of specific immunological reagents for bacterial classification and identification.
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    Evaluation and Production of Ready-To Meals
    (Technical Research Center of Finland, 2009) Baysal, Taner; Tamme, Terje; Ehavald, Helen; Korel, Figen; Overes, Maarten; Hödrejärv, Ülle; Kala, Aet; Roasto, Mati
    Ready-to-eat (RTE) is defined as the status of the food being ready for immediate consumption at the point of sale or serve. It could be served as raw or cooked, hot or chilled, and can be consumed without further heat-treatment including reheating (Anon., 2001). RTE vegetables and salads, also called minimally-processed products, are raw products that must preserve as much as possible the nutritional, sensorial and microbial qualities of fresh products. A very wide range of vegetables are used, both cut and whole. Even during refrigerated storage, the fresh fruits and vegetables are characterized by active metabolism.