Hygienic Production Could Reduce C. Botulinum in Honey
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Contamination Routes of Clostridium Botulinum in the Honey Production
Environment
Environmental Microbiology, 2006 Jun;8(6):1085-94
Factors influencing Clostridium botulinum contamination in the honey
production environment were evaluated in a 3-year survey…
The high prevalence of C. botulinum in soil and in samples associated
with beeswax suggests the accumulation of soil-derived botulinal spores
in wax. Additionally, according to Spearman's rank order correlation and
multivariate analysis, production hygiene-dependent factors have a
significant influence on the contamination, and thus the number and
frequency of C. botulinum spores in honey could possibly be diminished
by increasing hygienic level in honey production.
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