Time-temperature Profiles of Infant Milk Formula in Hospitals and Analysis of Enterobacter Sakazakii Growth
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Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments, LERQAP, 23 av. du Général de Gaulle, 94709 Maisons-Alfort cedex,France Abstract The purpose of this study was to assess the temperature conditions in neonatal care units for the preparation and storage of infant milk formula (IMF) and infant feeding using bottles and continuous feeding syringes. Enterobacter sakazakii in IMF for feeding infants has been chosen as the subject of this study because of the high risk incurred by IMF manufacture without total microbial destruction and the high sensitivity and mortality rates of this population group. From IMF preparation till neonate feeding, time-temperature profiles of IMF samples were monitored and analysed. In order to show the health impact of this data, potential E. sakazakii growth was calculated. As IMF can be also contaminated with Salmonella, potential Salmonella growth was also calculated. However potential Enterobacter sakazakii growth data were only analyzed because of Enterobacter sakazakii and Salmonella spp data being close.
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