Author(s):

Tabeen Jan, A Rouf, Saadiya and Dr. Poonam Sharma

Abstract: The microorganisms present in foods may be of different types some produce beneficiary effects in foods while others may cause spoilage These Foods can also form reservoirs for diseases, and sources of contamination and thus detection and control of pathogens, toxicity produced by their toxins and spoilage organisms are necessarily to be studied in food microbiology Therefore, the ability to detect, identify, and compute unwanted microorganisms and other components in food are important to the food industry as well as to the consumer. Furthermore, these identification and detection techniques are crucial in food-related disease outbursts for epidemiologic inspection and analysis. Conventional methods make use of nonselective pre-enrichment media, selective enrichment media, and substantiation via morphological, biochemical and serological tests. Therefore, these methods are laborious, time consuming and are not always completely reliable In the need of overcoming of these obstructions a number of alternative, fast detection methods have been developed for identification and enumeration of the food pathogens. This is of high significance for the food industry since it requires faster methods for achieving of the ample result on possible presence of food borne pathogens in the production control and monitoring of hygienic practice in the facilities. These fast methods provide timely detection and enumeration of microorganisms and can be divided into modified and automated conventional methods, bioluminescent, immunological and molecular methods.

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