MICROBIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF DESSICATED COCONUT

In 1995/6 comprehensive microbiological investigations of dessiccated coconut (dc) had been done with the aim to set a hygiene-status for th e processing mills. We located in mixed samples the aerobic bacterial count, yeasts, moulds, enterobacter, coagulase positive staphylococcus and salmonella. Using a unic estimation key we carried out the hygeni c judgement of dessiccated coconut. By reason of this judgment the est imation numbers were asigned to the mills. In future only those mills should be regarded, which reach the estimation number of 12.