RE-CONTAMINATION OF CANNED GOODS DUE TO MICRO-LEAKS: CHARACTERIZATION AND PREVENTION

The phenomenon of re-contamination during cooling through leaks known as "fugitive" (temporary loss of tightness of a crimped packaging, which is no longer observable on the finished product), is often incriminated in cases of non-stability of food preserves, but it is extremely difficult to demonstrate experimentally. Study and development of an experimental device giving interesting results in the experimental demonstration of the phenomenon of re-contamination of cans due to micro-leaks, during cooling.