The Validation of the Dai Nippon Medi·Ca SA Method for AOAC Research Institute Performance Tested Methods SM Certification

• Published in: Journal of AOAC International Vol. 101; no. 5; p. 1522
• Main Authors: Shimizu, Mai, Takenaka, Kentaro, Suzuki, Takeo, Miyasaka, Aya, Matsuda, Taiki, Iwase, Tatsuhiko, Kyotani, Hitoshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2018
• Subjects: Animals; Cattle; Colony Count, Microbial - instrumentation; Colony Count, Microbial - methods; Dairy Products - microbiology; Equipment Design; Food Analysis - instrumentation; Food Analysis - methods; Food Microbiology; Humans; Milk - microbiology; Red Meat - microbiology; Salmon - microbiology; Sheep; Staphylococcal Food Poisoning - microbiology; Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification; Swine

A ready-made dry medium method for Staphylococcus aureus count, the Medi·Ca SA method incubated at 35 or 37°C, was compared with the Baird-Parker method (AOAC Official MethodSM 975.55) for 11 food matrices: raw beef, raw ground beef, raw lamb, cooked ham, raw salmon, frozen prawn, fresh chilled past...