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Korean Society of Food Science and Technology (한국식품과학회)
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Distribution Functions Describing the Microbiological Contamination of Seasoned Soybean Sprouts

  • Park, Jin-Pyo (Department of Computer Engineering, Kyungnam University) ;
  • Lee, Dong-Sun (Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Kyungnam University) ;
  • Paik, Hyun-Dong (Division of Animal Life Science, Konkuk University)
  • Published : 2008.06.30
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Abstract

Different statistical distribution functions were examined to find an adequate distribution function to describe the microbial contamination behavior of a Korean side dish product, seasoned soybean sprouts for different seasons and market groups. The triang distribution was the best for any market groups in winter, while the logistic distribution could describe the microbial contamination in log CFU/g for all the market groups in spring and summer. From parametric bootstrapping based on the fitted distributions, it was found that a normal distribution could describe the distribution of mean microbial count in log CFU/g for all the seasons and market groups. Statistical parameters for each season/market group are presented to estimate the confidence interval.

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