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Revista de Chimie (Rev. Chim.), Year 2019, Volume 70, Issue 3, 784-789

https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.19.3.7007

Cristina Mirabela Gaspar, Zorita Maria Cocora, Ileana Brudiu, Cristian Florin Lazarescu, Ramona Amina Popovici, Codruta Victoria Tigmeanu, Ioan Tibru

Absorbent Food PADS from Meat Packages-Potential Source of Contamination

Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to quantify the microbial load and to detect potentially pathogenic germs on the surface of absorbent food pads in the packaging of fresh chicken and minced meat marketed in the retail units in Romania. The load in E. coli, as an indicator of faecal contamination, was significantly lower than that of Enterobacteriacea and coliform germs. Congo red-binding E. coli strains have been identified. The affinity for the Congo red dye is considered a phenotypic marker for the presence of curli fibers. These surface formations give the bacterial strains the ability to form biofilm on various surfaces. Their presence also correlates with the property of these bacterial strains to trigger severe infections in humans. These strains showed 100% resistance to fourth-generation cephalosporins, 87.5% to third-generation cephalosporins and 75% to quinolones. A single strain was resistant to meropenem. All the tested strains were susceptible to gentamicin. Coagulase-positive staphylococci were identified in 40% of the analyzed samples. Of the 30 strains of Staphylococcus spp. tested (coagulase-positive and negative), 63.3% proved to be methicillin-resistant and 43.3% had resistance to sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim. In one sample, it was detected Salmonella infantis. Thus, it can be appreciated that these absorbent food pads may be a source of direct contamination with potentially pathogenic and / or antibiotic-resistant germs for the persons who manipulates them in their domestic environment, as well as a source of cross-contamination of food and other surfaces in the kitchen.
Keywords:
absorbent food pads; animal food stuff packaging; microbiological examination; in-home/domestic contamination

Issue: 2019, Volume 70, Issue 3
Pages: 784-789
Publication date: 2019/4/15
https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.19.3.7007
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GASPAR, C.M., COCORA, Z.M., BRUDIU, I., LAZARESCU, C.F., POPOVICI, R.A., TIGMEANU, C.V., TIBRU, I., Absorbent Food PADS from Meat Packages-Potential Source of Contamination, Rev. Chim., 70(3), 2019, 784-789.

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Gaspar CM, Cocora ZM, Brudiu I, Lazarescu CF, Popovici RA, Tigmeanu CV, Tibru I. Absorbent Food PADS from Meat Packages-Potential Source of Contamination. Rev. Chim.[internet]. 2019 Mar;70(3):784-789. Available from: https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.19.3.7007


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Gaspar, C.M., Cocora, Z.M., Brudiu, I., Lazarescu, C.F., Popovici, R.A., Tigmeanu, C.V. & Tibru, I. (2019). Absorbent Food PADS from Meat Packages-Potential Source of Contamination. Revista de Chimie, 70(3), 784-789. https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.19.3.7007


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Gaspar, C.M., Cocora, Z.M., Brudiu, I., Lazarescu, C.F., Popovici, R.A., Tigmeanu, C.V., Tibru, I. (2019). 'Absorbent Food PADS from Meat Packages-Potential Source of Contamination', Revista de Chimie, 70(3), pp. 784-789. https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.19.3.7007


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C.M. Gaspar, Z.M. Cocora, I. Brudiu, C.F. Lazarescu, R.A. Popovici, C.V. Tigmeanu, I. Tibru, "Absorbent Food PADS from Meat Packages-Potential Source of Contamination". Revista de Chimie, vol. 70, no. 3, pp. 784-789, 2019. [online]. https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.19.3.7007


Text
Cristina Mirabela Gaspar, Zorita Maria Cocora, Ileana Brudiu, Cristian Florin Lazarescu, Ramona Amina Popovici, Codruta Victoria Tigmeanu, Ioan Tibru,
Absorbent Food PADS from Meat Packages-Potential Source of Contamination,
Revista de Chimie,
Volume 70, Issue 3,
2019,
Pages 784-789,
ISSN 2668-8212,
https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.19.3.7007.
(https://revistadechimie.ro/Articles.asp?ID=7007)
Keywords: absorbent food pads; animal food stuff packaging; microbiological examination; in-home/domestic contamination


RIS
TY - JOUR
T1 - Absorbent Food PADS from Meat Packages-Potential Source of Contamination
A1 - Gaspar, Cristina Mirabela
A2 - Cocora, Zorita Maria
A3 - Brudiu, Ileana
A4 - Lazarescu, Cristian Florin
A5 - Popovici, Ramona Amina
A6 - Tigmeanu, Codruta Victoria
A7 - Tibru, Ioan
JF - Revista de Chimie
JO - Rev. Chim.
PB - Revista de Chimie SRL
SN - 2668-8212
Y1 - 2019
VL - 70
IS - 3
SP - 784
EP - 789
UR - https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.19.3.7007
KW - absorbent food pads
KW - animal food stuff packaging
KW - microbiological examination
KW - in-home/domestic contamination
ER -


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@article{RevCh2019P784,
author = {Gaspar Cristina Mirabela and Cocora Zorita Maria and Brudiu Ileana and Lazarescu Cristian Florin and Popovici Ramona Amina and Tigmeanu Codruta Victoria and Tibru Ioan},
title = {Absorbent Food PADS from Meat Packages-Potential Source of Contamination},
journal = {Revista de Chimie},
volume = {70},
number = {3},
pages = {784-789},
year = {2019},
issn = {2668-8212},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.37358/RC.19.3.7007},
url = {https://revistadechimie.ro/Articles.asp?ID=7007}
}
 
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