Open AccessMicrobiological and physicochemical quality of honey in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Author(s) -
Viktor Landeka,
Željka Cvrtila,
Lidija Kozačinski,
Maja Drmać,
Ana Sesar,
Mufida Aljičević
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
veterinarska stanica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.173
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1849-1170
pISSN - 0350-7149
DOI - 10.46419/vs.53.5.5
Subject(s) - clostridia , mediterranean climate , food science , toxicology , veterinary medicine , biology , environmental science , bacteria , medicine , ecology , genetics
The aim of the study was to investigate the microbiological and physico-chemical quality of honey samples, sampled for the event “Honey Days in FB&H 2020”, which tested a total of 33 samples of different honey types from different geographical areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H). The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between physico-chemical properties and microbiological properties of the tested honey to assess quality. The submitted samples originated from both administrative units of B&H, namely from the continental, sub-Mediterranean and Mediterranean part, covering more than 60% of the country’s territory. Of the total number of analysed samples (n=33), nine samples (29.7%) did not meet the requirements of physico-chemical and microbiological parameters of the test. The requirements of one or more quality parameters according to the national Ordinance on methods for the control of honey and other bee products in B&H (Anonymous, 2009) were not met by five samples (16.5%). Four samples (13.2%) did not meet the microbiological quality, as they exceeded the permitted number of yeasts and moulds. In five samples (16.5%), the presence of microorganisms was recorded within the tolerance limits, while Enterobacteriaceae and sulphite-reducing clostridia were not isolated and were below the detection limit in all samples. Honey samples in which the results were found to be unsatisfactory for physico-chemical parameters and microbiological parameters cannot be correlated.