Cargas microbianas en productos del merey elaborados en el valle del río Tacal, Cumaná, estado Sucre, Venezuela

aerobic mesophilic bacteria, molds and yeast charges present in fruit and pseudofruit of cashew and two derived products in rural communities of tacal river valley, venezuela, were evaluated. samples of cashew (natural, raw, handled and prepared) were microbiologically analyzed under covenin, description norms. a diminution on the charges of microbial groups studied is observed, with a slight handling poscontamination. the potential of added value products elaboration among local families is remarked