You have been working in the quality control lab at Koo for a month when you noticed a dramatic increase in the incidence of thermophilic incubator spoilage of canned sweet corn produced by the company. Describe the steps you would use to determine the cause of the increased spoilage. Your discussion must include the procedures you would use to determine the thermal death time and the D-value of the spoilage organism

You have been working in the quality control lab at Koo for a month when you noticed a dramatic increase in the incidence of thermophilic incubator spoilage of canned sweet corn produced by the company. Describe the steps you would use to determine the cause of the increased spoilage. Your discussion must include the procedures you would use to determine the thermal death time and the D-value of the spoilage organism

Basic Clinical Laboratory Techniques 6E

6th Edition

ISBN:9781133893943

Author:ESTRIDGE

Publisher:ESTRIDGE

Chapter1: The Clinical Laboratory

Section1.7: The Metric System

Problem 1P

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