D2.4 - Portable Raman Spectroscopy Based Prototype for the Clostridia Detection in Milk
- Event
- SMSI 2025
2025-05-06 - 2025-05-08
Nürnberg - Band
- Lectures
- Chapter
- D2 - Sensors for Agrifood Quality
- Author(s)
- D. Barbiero, F. Melison, L. Cocola, M. Fedel, L. Poletto - National Research Council, Padua (Italy), C. Andrighetto, P. De Dea - Veneto Agricoltura, Thiene (Italy)
- Pages
- 194 - 195
- DOI
- 10.5162/SMSI2025/D2.4
- ISBN
- 978-3-910600-06-5
- Price
- free
Abstract
In the dairy industry the detection of Clostridia is a remarkable issue. These bacteria are known for their hydrogen and carbon dioxide production, which compromises the shape and flavor of the cheese in which they reside. Early Clostridia detection allows infected milk to be redirected to less-aged products without any loss of quality, thus avoiding economic losses. Current methods are time-consuming and not specific for Clostridia, this paper presents a portable instrument based on Raman gas spectroscopy tailored to the detection of Clostridia and a test routine developed to simplify the experimental setup.