Factor of food spoilage
Factor of food spoilage Two types of factor of food spoilage Germ altering the sanitary quality = pathogens for human Germ altering merchantability = pathogens for plant + degradation agents Food infection Unmarketable food
1-Changing the appearance of food Factor of food spoilage Impact of degradation agents 1-Changing the appearance of food « Blue » mozzarella following the development of Pseudomonas fluorescens Erwinia carotovora on spice and in the middle of a melon
1-Changing the appearance of food Factor of food spoilage Impact of degradation agents 1-Changing the appearance of food Mold (Mucor) growing on the surface of a cheese…with appearance similar to cat hair
2-Changing the taste of food Factor of food spoilage Impact of degradation agents 2-Changing the taste of food Carnobacterium maltaromaticum causing « greening » with tomato sauce (here for example with beef lasagne) Alternaria causing an acidic taste in citrus and citrus juices
3-Changing the nutritional value and the processing opportunities Factor of food spoilage Impact of degradation agents 3-Changing the nutritional value and the processing opportunities Plasmapora viticola (mildew of wine) grows on grapes and consumes carbohydrate reserves With less sugar it will be difficult to make a fermentation and transform grapes into wine !!
Impact of degradation agents on potatoes
Potato, a target of all attacks… Attacks by insects, worms, molluscs, rodents… Viruses infections Bacterial infections Mold infections
Example of pathogen bacteria for potato : Pectobacterium Pectobacterium (new name of the group Erwinia) : bacteria from Enterobacterial family, pathogen for a lot of plant, cause a decay of plants and tubers some important species (P.carotovorum, P.atrosepticum…) P.atrosepticum (x 2850) Decay of potato by P.atrosepticum
Pectobacterium : easily transmissible pathogenic
Steps of industrial production of potatoes Pectobacterium : easily transmissible pathogenic Steps of industrial production of potatoes Planting Possible contamination by Pectobacterium Germination Harvest Everything contaminated!! Washing Water Storage Processing
Potato, a very important economy… Regions of world production - Europe - Asia in particular China
Potato, a very important economy… European production
Potato, a very important economy… Global value of potatoes production 6 billions dollars / year in the world (2 for fresh potatoes, 4 for transformed potatoes : frozen products, starch…)
Potato, a very important economy… Diseaeses of potatoes cause 32% loss of world production FAO (Food and agriculture organization) – September 2009 2 billions dollars losses / year !!! It’s important to eradicate these diseases, by developping : -innovative methods to diagnose these pathogens , -solutions for prevention and treatment.