Although Salmonella has been recognized as a potential hazard
for the chocolate industry , there are no
Brazilian survey reports and few published international data on
contamination of Salmonella or other Enterobacteriaceae in end
products or processing environments
For this reason, a wide-ranging project to evaluate
microbial contamination throughout the Brazilian production chain
of cocoa and chocolate was carried out
The aim of this part of the study was to investigate the
presence of Enterobacteriaceae, coliforms, E. coli and Salmonella in
the processing environment, cocoa-based ingredients and finished
products in two Brazilian chocolate manufacturing companies.