On site testing of moisture activity in Mid Autumn Festival mooncakes in food factories ensures safe and reliable consumption

On the occasion of the Mid Autumn Festival, in order to ensure food safety, our unit was invited by Luohe Food Factory to bring a water activity tester to a food factory in Henan to test the quality of mooncakes. As soon as we arrived at the factory, we felt the enthusiasm and expectation of the factory, and brought out new mooncakes for us to test the water activity.The water activity index is a mandatory test item in the food industry before food leaves the factory. It can ensure that food leaves the factory within its shelf life, guaranteeing freshness and taste. The leader of the food factory said that we used fresh fillings, exquisite workmanship, and advanced Beidou instruments to test, so that the Mid-Autumn Festival could help consumers buy and eat at ease, and put an end to the next year's moon cake fillings.

People may not know that microorganisms have strong reproductive ability under high water activity. In the raw materials of fresh food, the water activity is as high as 0.99, so it is very easy to rot, including moon cakes and various Dim sum, fruits and vegetables, fish, milk, etc. After the water activity drops to around 0.75, the types of microorganisms that can survive are greatly limited, and their ability to produce toxins is lost. Below 0.70, in general, food can be stored for a long time. So the detection of water activity in food has become a key factorshelf lifeNecessary monitoring measures.

From tonight until dawn, the moon shines brightly in our hometown. The Beidou Star Instrument wishes everyone a life like mooncakes under the moonlight, sweet and round, and full of reunion.