Quality Assessment of Cheese in Markets of Tirana City
2014
ALLARAJ YLLKA | BIBA NEFAIL | COKU ANJEZA | ÇUKA ELDA
Mycological control of cheese is considered an important process related to food safety. Food borne disease in our days remains an important issue for public health because they causes infection to the consumers and an important economic damage. A mycological survey of different kind of cheeses sold at five big markets in Tirana is conducted during March - Septembre 2013, in order to identify if potentially toxicological and pathogenic fungi were or were not present. A total 140 samples of cheeses (soft, hard, semi hard, edam cheese etch), were tested for mold and yeast counts. For level ( 106 cfu /gr) which are considered as samples with high potential risk. In 9 samples or (37.5%) Aspergillus spp gender was present in 9 samples or 37.5% , Penicillium spp was present in 7 samples or 29.1%, Fusarium was present 2 samples or 8.4% and Mucor was present 6 samples or 25% of samples. Pathogenic genders of moulds were found mostly in white cheese and in edam chesse that have been produced in craft way.
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