title: Mould spoilage of cereals during transportation by sea from Latin America to Europe mechanisms, impact and management.
abstract: Safe water contents of consignments of cereals to be shipped overseas can be calculated from the relation between mould-free storage time and storage conditions (temperature of the environment, aw of the cereal), corrected for heterogeneity of water distribution, content of damaged kernels and degree of infestation by insects. The validity of this model was substantiated by the inspection of shipments and theoretical data from the literature. This predictive model can usefully be substituted for previously used, ill-defined criteria like average or any portion's water content and should prompt the trade to sell consignments of cereals on the basis of dry substance.
authors.affiliation: The Netherlands Government's University, Utrecht.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Mossel
mesh_terms: D002523:Edible Grain / Q000382:microbiology*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005519:Food Preservation; D005658:Fungi / Q000254:growth & development*; D007843:Latin America; D009426:Netherlands; D011314:Preventive Health Services; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012767:Ships; D014186:Transportation