Desenvolvimento de material de referência para microbiologia de alimentos contendo Listeria monocytogenes em matriz queijo

Abstract

The standard most used in testing laboratories, ISO/ IEC 17025:2005, describes the participation of laboratories in periodic proficiency testing (PT), as a criteria for quality assurance of analytical results. The analyses used in PT are reference materials (MR) from the same lot, and must have characteristics of homogeneity and stability. This study aimed to produce a qualitative RM for detection of Listeria monocytogenes assays in cheese matrix. For the production of RM, Minas Frescal cheese (MFQ) was used as matrix. The matrix was distributed in flasks, contaminated with the target bacteria and submitted to freezedrying. Sucrose was used as cryoprotector. The RM produced was considered homogeneous and stable at ≤-70°C during the entire period of study (10 months). The material showed stability at 4, 25, 30 and 35°C for 4 days and at -20°C the RM showed stability for 48 days, and the statistical results indicate a tendency to maintain stability. It was concluded that the material showed all the requirements of an RM quality and could be transported to the laboratory participants of a PT at 35°C up to 4 days, since the results indicate the maintenance of cell concentration during this period. This is the first study to describe a methodology for producing MR containing L. monocytogenes in cheese matrix.