Mold Surface Contamination during Polymer Processing

Campylobacter contamination during broiler processing

Introduction The Campylobacter spp. are reported as the most common gastrointestinal bacterial pathogen in humans. According to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) report the number of cases in EU in 2005 was 197 363 (EFSA 2006). Comparing to 2004 a 7.8 % increase was observed. Poultry meat products are considered to be a major source of campylobacteriosis (EFSA 2005). The final product c...

Mold Contamination Due to Construction Dust in Ventilation System Detected During Routine Pre-commissioning Air Sampling

Effects of Mold Contamination on Nutritive Value of Feeds

Moldy grain may adversely affect cattle production due to nutrition effects, mycoses or mycotoxicoses. Mycosis is a disease state caused by the fungi themselves, and mycotoxicosis is a disease state caused by secondary metabolites of the fungi. Thus, the mold itself may cause production losses separate and apart from any toxin effects. In fact, various molds have been associated with adverse he...

Is indoor mold contamination a threat to health? Part two.

Molds, a subset of the fungi, are ubiquitous on our planet. Fungi are found in every ecological niche, and are necessary for the recycling of organic building blocks that allow plants and animals to live. Included in the group "fungi" are yeasts, molds and mildews, as well as large mushrooms, puffballs and bracket fungi that grow on dead trees. Fungi need external organic food sources and water...

MODELING SURFACE TENSION AND WALL ADHESION IN MOLD FILLING PROCESS

Abstract: In this study an algorithm for mold-filling simulation with consideration of surface tension has been developed based on a SOLA VOF scheme. As the governing equations, the Navier-Stokes equations for incompressible and laminar flows were used. We proposed a way of considering surface tension in mold-filling simulation. The proposed scheme for surface tension was based on the conti...