Methods for the Mycological Examination of Food

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Sample Preparation

   • B. Jarvis, N. Shapton, L. M. Lenovich, J. L. Walters, D. M. Reed, W. Y. J. Tsai et al.

   Pages 1-61

3. General Purpose Enumeration and Isolation Media

   • J. I. Pitt, D. A. A. Mossel, H. J. Beckers, E. de Boer, K. E. Dijkmann, B. J. Hartog et al.

   Pages 63-126

4. Selective Media and Procedures

   • A. D. Hocking, J. I. Pitt, L. R. Beuchat, J. C. Frisvad, U. Thrane, O. Filtenborg et al.

   Pages 127-157

5. Media for Yeasts and Consideration of Injured Cells

   • R. B. Ferguson, D. A. L. Seiler, C. B. Anderson, L. J. Moberg, T. Deák, V. Nagel et al.

   Pages 159-176

6. Significance of Fungal Populations on Foods (Baseline Counts)

   • D. A. A. Mossel, H. J. Beckers, A. D. King Jr, C. B. Anderson, L. J. Moberg, R. R. Davenport et al.

   Pages 177-206

7. Unacceptable Levels of Fungi

   • P. R. Mislivec, J. I. Pitt, R. R. Davenport, T. Deák, O. Reichart

   Pages 207-222

8. New Techniques for Estimating Fungal Biomass in Foods

   • M. A. Cousin, D. A. A. Mossel, J. W. Hastings, W. Y. J. Tsai, L. B. Bullerman, A. P. Williams et al.

   Pages 223-246

9. Taxonomic Schemes for Foodborne Fungi

   • R. A. Samson, J. C. Frisvad, O. Filtenborg, T. Deák

   Pages 247-294

10. Back Matter

    Pages 295-315

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The desirability, indeed the necessity, for standardization of methods for the examination of foods for contaminant and spoilage mycoflora has been apparent for some time. The concept of a specialist workshop to address this problem was borne during conversations at the Gordon Research Conference on "Hicrobiological Safety of Foods" in Plymouth, New Hampshire, in July 1982. Discussions at that time resulted in an Organizing Committee of four, who became the Editors, and a unique format: all attendees would be expected to contribute and, in most cases, more than once; and papers in nearly all sessions would be presented as a set of data on a single topic, not as a complete research paper. Each session would be followed by general discussion, and then a panel would formulate recommendations for approval by a final plenary session. The idea for this format was derived from the famous "Kananaskis I" workshop on Hyphomycete taxonomy and terminology organized by Bryce Kendrick of the University of Waterloo, Ontario in 1969. Attendance would necessarily be limited to a small group of specialists in food mycology. The scope of the workshop developed from answers to questionnaires circulated to prospective participants. To generate new data which would allow valid comparisons to be drawn, intending participants were given a variety of topics as assignments and asked to bring information obtained to the workshop.

• Aspergillus
• antibiotics
• biological
• cereals
• flora
• food
• fungi
• information
• mycology
• paper
• taxonomy
• toxin

• United States Department of Agriculture, Albany, USA

  A. D. King

• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, North Ryde, Australia

  J. I. Pitt

• University of Georgia, Experiment, USA

  L. R. Beuchat

• Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food, London, England

  Janet E. L. Corry

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