Publication Date: 2023/07/19
Abstract: The aim of this article is to review what is microbial spoilage, it’s types and preventive measures. Microbial spoilage is deterioration of food, pharmaceutical product or any other substance caused by microorganism. The main type of spoilage are pharmaceutical and food spoilage . In pharmaceutical spoilage it include solid, semisolid, liquid spoilage which become major problem to pharmaceutical industry. Microbial spoilage caused due to microorganism like bacteria, yeast, moulds of both row material and finished product. Liquid preparation are more susceptible to microbial spoilage than solid preparation. Microbial spoilage leads to change in therapeutic activity of active pharmaceutical ingrediant , colour, taste ,etc. which cause serious side effect to patient. Other measure problem is food spoilage which include meat, beer and wine, fruit and vegetable, fish, bakery spoilage. Due to spoilage there is diminishing of taste, colour, flavour and nutritive value of food which may affect the health of consumer. To avoid microbial spoilage pharmaceutical industry and food industry use various technique like use of mechanical method, chemical and natural preservatives, use of cold storage etc.
Keywords: Microbial Spoilage, Pharmaceutical Spoilage , Food Spoilage, Preservatives, Quality Control Of Product.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8163116
PDF: https://ijirst.demo4.arinfotech.co/assets/upload/files/IJISRT23JUL044.pdf
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