Table 5.

Pre- and post-food safety training average microbial contamination load on equipment surfaces used in OFSP purée processing (LOG CFU/cm²)^a..

Parameter	Baseline counts (LOG CFU/cm2)	Post-training counts (LOG CFU/cm2)	p-value
Total Viable Counts	7.8 ± 0.4	3.1 ± 0.1	0.00*
Yeast and Molds	5.5 ± 0.2	1.9 ± 0.5	0.00*
S. aureus	4.9 ± 0.1	0.7 ± 0.2	0.00*
Enterobacteriaceae	6.6 ± 0.5	2.1 ± 0.1	0.00*
Total coliforms	6.1 ± 0.4	1.9 ± 0.4	0.00*
E. coli	3.1 ± 0.2	ndb	0.00*

*Mean difference significant at p < 0.05.

^aAll values represent average microbial counts and standard deviations from food processing equipment surfaces.

^bnd-microbial parameter not detected.