Time-temperature profiles and Listeria monocytogenes presence in refrigerators from households with vulnerable consumers

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Autor(a) principal: Dumitrașcu, Loredana
Data de Publicação: 2020
Outros Autores: Nicolau, Anca Ioana, Neagu, Corina, Didier, Pierrine, Maître, Isabelle, Skuland, Silje Elisabeth, Moretro, Trond, Langsrud, Solveig, Truninger, Monica, Teixeira, Paula, Ferreira, Vânia, Martens, Lydia, Borda, Daniela
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/29125
Resumo: A transdisciplinary observational study, coupled with a web-based survey, was conducted to investigate refrigerated storage of food, in five European countries. The investigated consumer groups in this study were: young families with small children and/or pregnant women, elderly people, persons with an immunodeficient system, and young single men. The refrigerator temperature was monitored for approximately two weeks using a temperature data logger. Variables such as country, income, age of refrigerators, education, living area, refrigerator loading practices had no significant effect (p > 0.05) on the overall average fridge temperature, whereas consumers' practices showed a significant influence (p < 0.05) on registered temperature values. Compared to temperatures inside the fridges belonging to young families and young single men group, the temperatures inside refrigerators belonging to elderly was in the temperature danger zone (5–63 °C). The lowest temperatures were recorded in UK consumers’ refrigerators, whereas the highest were in French households. Presence of Listeria monocytogenes was confirmed in three refrigerators out of 53 sampled (two in Romania and one in Portugal). The most vulnerable category to food safety risks is represented by elderly persons with low education, unaware of safe refrigeration practices and the actual temperature their fridges are running.
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spelling Time-temperature profiles and Listeria monocytogenes presence in refrigerators from households with vulnerable consumersElderlyYoung familyYoung single menTemperature danger zoneConsumerA transdisciplinary observational study, coupled with a web-based survey, was conducted to investigate refrigerated storage of food, in five European countries. The investigated consumer groups in this study were: young families with small children and/or pregnant women, elderly people, persons with an immunodeficient system, and young single men. The refrigerator temperature was monitored for approximately two weeks using a temperature data logger. Variables such as country, income, age of refrigerators, education, living area, refrigerator loading practices had no significant effect (p > 0.05) on the overall average fridge temperature, whereas consumers' practices showed a significant influence (p < 0.05) on registered temperature values. Compared to temperatures inside the fridges belonging to young families and young single men group, the temperatures inside refrigerators belonging to elderly was in the temperature danger zone (5–63 °C). The lowest temperatures were recorded in UK consumers’ refrigerators, whereas the highest were in French households. Presence of Listeria monocytogenes was confirmed in three refrigerators out of 53 sampled (two in Romania and one in Portugal). The most vulnerable category to food safety risks is represented by elderly persons with low education, unaware of safe refrigeration practices and the actual temperature their fridges are running.ElsevierVeritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica PortuguesaDumitrașcu, LoredanaNicolau, Anca IoanaNeagu, CorinaDidier, PierrineMaître, IsabelleSkuland, Silje ElisabethMoretro, TrondLangsrud, SolveigTruninger, MonicaTeixeira, PaulaFerreira, VâniaMartens, LydiaBorda, Daniela2020-01-08T12:14:41Z20202020-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/29125engDumitrașcu, L., Nicolau, A. I., Neagu, C., Didier, P., Maître, I., Nguyen-The, C., Skuland, S. E., Møretrø, T., …, Borda, D. (2020). Time-temperature profiles and Listeria monocytogenes presence in refrigerators from households with vulnerable consumers. Food Control, 111, 1070780956-713510.1016/j.foodcont.2019.107078info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-12T17:34:34Zoai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/29125Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:23:19.221285Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Time-temperature profiles and Listeria monocytogenes presence in refrigerators from households with vulnerable consumers
title Time-temperature profiles and Listeria monocytogenes presence in refrigerators from households with vulnerable consumers
spellingShingle Time-temperature profiles and Listeria monocytogenes presence in refrigerators from households with vulnerable consumers
Dumitrașcu, Loredana
Elderly
Young family
Young single men
Temperature danger zone
Consumer
title_short Time-temperature profiles and Listeria monocytogenes presence in refrigerators from households with vulnerable consumers
title_full Time-temperature profiles and Listeria monocytogenes presence in refrigerators from households with vulnerable consumers
title_fullStr Time-temperature profiles and Listeria monocytogenes presence in refrigerators from households with vulnerable consumers
title_full_unstemmed Time-temperature profiles and Listeria monocytogenes presence in refrigerators from households with vulnerable consumers
title_sort Time-temperature profiles and Listeria monocytogenes presence in refrigerators from households with vulnerable consumers
author Dumitrașcu, Loredana
author_facet Dumitrașcu, Loredana
Nicolau, Anca Ioana
Neagu, Corina
Didier, Pierrine
Maître, Isabelle
Skuland, Silje Elisabeth
Moretro, Trond
Langsrud, Solveig
Truninger, Monica
Teixeira, Paula
Ferreira, Vânia
Martens, Lydia
Borda, Daniela
author_role author
author2 Nicolau, Anca Ioana
Neagu, Corina
Didier, Pierrine
Maître, Isabelle
Skuland, Silje Elisabeth
Moretro, Trond
Langsrud, Solveig
Truninger, Monica
Teixeira, Paula
Ferreira, Vânia
Martens, Lydia
Borda, Daniela
author2_role author
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author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Dumitrașcu, Loredana
Nicolau, Anca Ioana
Neagu, Corina
Didier, Pierrine
Maître, Isabelle
Skuland, Silje Elisabeth
Moretro, Trond
Langsrud, Solveig
Truninger, Monica
Teixeira, Paula
Ferreira, Vânia
Martens, Lydia
Borda, Daniela
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Elderly
Young family
Young single men
Temperature danger zone
Consumer
topic Elderly
Young family
Young single men
Temperature danger zone
Consumer
description A transdisciplinary observational study, coupled with a web-based survey, was conducted to investigate refrigerated storage of food, in five European countries. The investigated consumer groups in this study were: young families with small children and/or pregnant women, elderly people, persons with an immunodeficient system, and young single men. The refrigerator temperature was monitored for approximately two weeks using a temperature data logger. Variables such as country, income, age of refrigerators, education, living area, refrigerator loading practices had no significant effect (p > 0.05) on the overall average fridge temperature, whereas consumers' practices showed a significant influence (p < 0.05) on registered temperature values. Compared to temperatures inside the fridges belonging to young families and young single men group, the temperatures inside refrigerators belonging to elderly was in the temperature danger zone (5–63 °C). The lowest temperatures were recorded in UK consumers’ refrigerators, whereas the highest were in French households. Presence of Listeria monocytogenes was confirmed in three refrigerators out of 53 sampled (two in Romania and one in Portugal). The most vulnerable category to food safety risks is represented by elderly persons with low education, unaware of safe refrigeration practices and the actual temperature their fridges are running.
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