Table 3.
Additional batch‐to‐batch analyses of the NF
| Parameter | Units | Method of analysis | Batch number | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #9 | #10 | #11 | #12 | #13 | |||
| Species Identity L. minor (L) W. globosa (W) | % | Morphological analysis | 90 (L) 10 (W) | 87 (L) 13 (W) | 86 (L) 14 (W) | 90 (L) 10 (W) | 92 (L) 8 (W) |
| Particle size (mean diameter) | μm | Laser Diff | 41.27 | 46.31 | 38.82 | 41.07 | 39.22 |
| Chemical parameters | |||||||
| Moisture | % | AOCS Ba 2a‐38 | 4.37 | 5.66 | 6.63 | 2.83 | 3.74 |
| Crude protein | % | AOAC 990.03 | 37.90 | 37.88 | 37.69 | 39.50 | 39.36 |
| Microbiological parameters | |||||||
| Aerobic plate count | CFU/g | AOAC 990.12 | 12,000 | 18,000 | 13,000a | 5,300 | 12,000 |
| Salmonella | Presence/Absence per 25 or 375 g | AOAC 2003.09 or AOAC‐RI 121501 | ND per 25 g | ND per 375 g | ND per 375 g | ND per 375 g | ND per 375 g |
| E. coli | MPN/g | AOAC 988.19 | < 3 | < 3 | < 3 | < 3 | < 3 |
| Listeria spp. | Presence/absence per g | AOAC‐RI 050903 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Clostridium perfringens | CFU/g | ISO 7937 | < 10 | < 10 | < 10 | < 10 | < 10 |
| Coliforms | CFU/g | AOAC 991.14 | < 100 | < 100 | < 100 | < 100 | < 100 |
| Yeasts | CFU/g | FDA BAM Chapter 18 | 10 | < 10 | < 10 | < 10 | < 10 |
| Moulds | CFU/g | FDA BAM Chapter 18 | 40 | < 10 | < 10 | < 10 | < 10 |
AOAC: Association of Official Agricultural Collaboration; ISO: International Organization for Standardization; FDA: Food and Drug Administration; MPN: most probable number; BAM: Bacteriological Analytical Manual; ND: Not Detected; CFU: colony forming units.
a
This batch of the NF was reprocessed. The reported aerobic plate count value is taken from the reprocessed material.