Stored product mites (Acari: Astigmata) infesting food in various types of packaging

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10493-014-9864-1" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10493-014-9864-1</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10493-014-9864-1" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10493-014-9864-1</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Stored product mites (Acari: Astigmata) infesting food in various types of packaging

Original language description

From 2008 to 2014, stored product mites have been reported from prepackaged dried food on the market in the Czech Republic. The infestation was by Carpoglyphus lactis (L.) in dried fruits and Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank) in dog feed. The infestation is presumably caused by poor protection of the packages. We compared various packaging methods for their resistance to mites using dried apricots and dog feed in laboratory experiments. The trial packages included nine different plastic films, monofilm, duplex and triplex, and one type of plastic cup (ten replicates per packaging type). All packaging materials are available on the Czech market for dried food products. The samples of dried food were professionally packed in a factory and packaged dried apricots were exposed to C. lactis and dog food to T. putrescentiae. After 3 months of exposure, the infestation and mite density of the prepackaged food was assessed. Mites were found to infest six types of packages. Of the packaging types with mites, 1–5 samples were infested and the maximum abundance was 1,900 mites g-1 of dried food. Mites entered the prepackaged food by faulty sealing. Inadequate sealing is suggested to be the major cause of the emerged infestation of dried food.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

GM - Food industry

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Experimental and Applied Acarology

ISSN

0168-8162

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

65

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

237-242

UT code for WoS article

000346775700008

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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