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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
The effect of applying GMP and HACCP to traditional food processing at a semi-commercial kenkey production plant in Ghana
Food Control, Volume 18, No. 11, Year 2007
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To manage the hazards, aflatoxins and enteric pathogens, associated with the production of an indigenous African fermented maize product, kenkey, HACCP was implemented at a semi-commercial kenkey production plant in Accra. As a prerequisite programme, the facility was upgraded and GMP implemented before HACCP. The effectiveness of GMP and HACCP was assessed by monitoring the environment and kenkey production, as well as the auditing and verification of HACCP. Air sampling and swapping of equipment surfaces revealed a microbiota which was consistent with the fermented product. Monitoring showed that the raw materials, products, processing parameters, etc, conformed to the critical limits within which the safety of the food product would be ensured. This was confirmed by the results of laboratory analysis of raw materials, intermediary and final products. Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus, Salmonella, Bacillus cereus, and Vibro cholera were not detected in any of the finished products and the level of total aflatoxins in the kenkey samples were between 17.2 and 14.5 μg/kg. Levels of aflatoxins in kenkey samples reported at the plant before implementation of GMP and HACCP were between 64.1 and 196 μg/kg. Application of GMP and HACCP was therefore found to be effective as a quality management system for assuring the safety of kenkey in the traditional processing of maize into kenkey. © 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Amoa-Awua, Wisdom Kofi Asa
Ghana, Accra
Csir - Food Research Institute Ghana
Ngunjiri, Phyllis
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute
Anlobe, John
Ghana, Accra
Csir - Food Research Institute Ghana
Kpodo, K. A.
Ghana, Accra
Csir - Food Research Institute Ghana
Halm, M.
Ghana, Accra
Csir - Food Research Institute Ghana
Hayford, A. E.
Ghana, Accra
Csir - Food Research Institute Ghana
Jakobsen, Mogens Havsteen
Denmark, Frederiksberg
Det Natur- og Biovidenskabelige Fakultet
Statistics
Citations: 77
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2006.10.009
ISSN:
09567135
Research Areas
Environmental
Food Security
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Study Locations
Ghana