| microbiological quality of fresh-squeezed orange juice and efficacy of fruit surface decontamination methods in microbiological quality. | the aims of this study were to evaluate the microbiological quality of fresh-squeezed orange juice and to reduce the microbial population by using various chemical and physical fruit surface decontamination methods. in the first step of the study, polyethylene-bottled fresh-squeezed orange juice samples purchased in ankara, turkey, were examined. the average aerobic plate count (apc) and coliform count (cc) varied within the ranges of 3 to 5 log cfu/ml and 1 to 4 log mpn/ml, respectively. ten of ... | 2011 | 21819649 |