Safety assessment of industrial strains, starters and probiotics
12 May 2010 | By François Bourdichon, Food Safety Centre, Danone Corporate
Probiotics are used to bring health benefits to consumers through foods and are defined as "live micro-organisms which, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host[Ref 18]." Commercialised all around the world since the early 1920's, mostly focused on Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus genera, in the last…