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标题：HYGIENIC AND HEALTH QUALITY OF HOT BEVERAGES DISTRIBUTED BY VENDING MACHINES
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作者：L. Vallone ; R. Bonomi
期刊名称：Italian Journal of Food Safety
电子版ISSN：2239-7132
卷号：1
期号：2
页码：81-84
DOI：10.4081/ijfs.2011.2.81
语种：English
出版社：PAGEPress Publications
摘要：The food and beverage vending had in the last 40 years a great development in Italy. From the hygienic and health point of view, the quality of the products distributed by Vending is essentially related to three factors: the quality of raw materials, the quality of tap water and the good working order together with the good cleanliness and hygienic status of equipments. In this work we wanted to test these features. We evaluated microbiological and fungal quality of raw materials (powders), of distributed hot beverages and the used equipments. Despite contamination levels shown by the results of this study, the temperature of the boiler is sufficient to make a significant reduction of bacterial and fungal loads. To obtain satisfactory results on the quality of delivered hot beverages is necessary to apply correct maintenance and cleaning/sanitation procedures of equipments, as well as an appropriate selection of suppliers.
关键词：vending; food hygiene; hot beverage.