The number of recalled Christmas cakes by the FSA highlights the importance of detecting mould spoilage.
Building up to this year’s festive season, the Food Standards Agency in the UK has reported the recall of a number of Christmas cakes due to mould spoilage.
Lab M highlights this as a festive reminder of the nuisance value and economic issues associated with such organisms.
The company provides a range of microbiological media that are used to help detect and isolate yeast and mould spoilage organisms in both food and animal products.
This includes Dichloran Rose Bengal Chloramphenicol (DRBC) Agar ISO and Dichloran (18%) Glycerol (DG18) Agar ISO.
DRBC Agar (ISO) is used in products with a water activity greater than 0.95 with DG18 Agar (ISO) being designed for use specifically for osmophilic yeasts and xerophilic moulds in food or animal feed products with a water activity below 0.95.
Both formulations are prepared according to ISO 21527:2008 and are supplied as complete formulations without the need for additional antibiotic supplementation.
