Resumen

IRIARTE R, María M. Interpretación de resultados de análisis microbiológicos en alimentos: Planes de atributos. INHRR [online]. 2006, vol.37, n.2, pp.35-42. ISSN 0798-0477.

In order to asses food safety and quality the sanitary authorities prepare standards that establish the microbiological criterion allowed for each parameter. The objective of the present review is to make easy the interpretation of the results of microbiological examination of food when they are compared to the criterion prevailing. It states what the sampling attributes plans, two-class plan and three-class plan, consist of; a glossary for the better understanding of terms; besides this, two exercises in which their results can help debate the observance or not of the corresponding standard.

Palabras clave : Food microbiological´s analysis; Microbiological standard; Microbiological criterion; Attributive sampling plan; Microbiological limits.