Abstract
In this study, a real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based method was designed for the fast detection of Cronobacter spp. (a newly proposed genus formerly known as Enterobacter sakazakii) in infant formula. The real-time PCR was positively tested with 70 Cronobacter strains, including members of all the species of this genus, and 88 non-Cronobacter strains. This new PCR-based system was validated against the reference standard ISO/TS 22964: 2006 (ISO International Organization for Standardization 2006) using 70 food matrices including powdered infant formula, follow-up formula, and hydrolyzed cereals for infants. The detection limit of the technique was found to be of 1 cfu in 10 g of food, fulfilling the requirements of the European Commission. The time of analysis, which comprises around 3–6 days using the reference method, is considerably reduced to less than 24 h using the real-time PCR-based system hereby described, allowing food industry a faster release of the stocks for commercialization. Moreover, this method includes an internal amplification control, co-amplified during each PCR run to verify the results.
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