Clostridium botulinum, experimentally inoculated into Tray Pack apple coffee cake and spice cake, did not grow or produce toxin at 30 deg C at water activity levels as high as 0.93. These cakes were found to be nonsterile and while the indigenous microflora did not multiply in apple coffee cake at aw 0.87 or in spice cake at aw 0.86, much higher populations were found at aw's of 0.89 to ...
Food items produced at F.E. Warren AFB met the microbiological constraints of SAC Regulation 146-1. A Hazard Analysis (HA) to aid in production guidance was of limited value due to a lack of predictability of production procedures and would be of maximum utility only if quality was maximized. Sanitation was generally satisfactory but a lack of consistency in sanitizing surfaces was evident. Recommendations are made of improving current production procedures ...
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