Provides FDA laboratories with effective methods for qualitative and quantitative detection of microorganisms and certain of their metabolic products. The manual also provides a mechanism for informing other government agencies, industry and others of the bacteriological analytical methods commonly used in FDA laboratories for the examination of foods.

In order to truly understand food microbiology, it is necessary to have some experience in a laboratory. Food Microbiology Laboratory presents 18 well-tested, student-proven, and thoroughly outlined experiments for use in a one-semester introductory food microbiology course. Based on lab experiments developed for food science and microbiology cours