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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2017 Jan 26;5(4):1098–1104. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2016.11.034

Table 5.

Microbial and aflatoxin test results over 12 months.

Test Acceptable
Limit		 Baseline
(0 mo)		 3 mo 8 mo 12 mo
Total Aerobic
Plate Count		 < 1000 cfu/g < 10 cfu/g < 10 cfu/g 10 cfu/g 10 cfu/g
Yeast < 100 cfu/g < 10 cfu/g < 10 cfu/g < 10 cfu/g < 10 cfu/g
Mold < 100 cfu/g < 10 cfu/g < 10 cfu/g 10 cfu/g 40 cfu/g
Escherichia
coli		 Negative Negative Negative Negative Negative
Salmonella Negative Negative Negative Negative Negative
Aflatoxin < 15 ppb Not Done < 2 ppb < 2 ppb < 2 ppb