A nonacidified, deli-type pickle product was used as a model system to study the potential use of biocontrol as a means to prevent the growth of pathogens in minimally processed fruits and vegetables (MPFV). Fresh pickling cucumbers were blanched and brined with sterile spices and garlic oil. The product was stored at 5 8C for 3 wk and then transferred to various abuse temperatures (16 8C, 25 8...

In southern China, about 20 different fish, such as red snapper, threadfin, Spanish mackerel, croaker, Japanese mackerel, are used to prepare salted fish (Armstrong & Eng, 1983; Poirier et al., 1987). Procedures for preparation of salted fish have been described in detail previously (IARC, 1993). Briefly, salted fish are prepared by salting, brining, dry-salting, pickle curing, or a combination...

Article, pickle, and wet blue leather defects used for this study were fromthe Balai Besar Karet college, Kulit dan Plastik, D.I Yogyakarta (BBKKP YK), Indonesia. Meanwhile, the microorganisms in grown vitro at A-minimal mineral (MM) B-lowest (1/200 v/v) nutrient media. A nitrogen source of 2% Sigma-Aldrich bovine gelatine was added to each medium. Furthermore, 1cm 2 defect sliced immersed into...

In any field of enquiry, there is a need from time to time to take stock and to have a cool, objective look at what has been done: the methods used, the facts accumulated and appealed to, and the conclusions reached. That need is urgent with regard to research into general practice. Before 1939 general practice was a comparatively unexplored field. The pioneering work of Mackenzie and Pickles e...