Retail Bakery Business Overview & Trends, 2014. SIC Code: 5461, NAICS Code: 311812. This Bakery Business industry summary is from First Research which also sells a full version of this report. Companies in this industry make fresh and frozen bread as well as cakes, pies, and doughnuts.
According to the definition adopted by USAID, an indicator is: A quantitative or qualitative variable that provides reliable means to measure a particular phenomenon or attribute. (USAID Glossary of Evaluation Terms, March 2009)
Indicator organisms are organisms used as a sign of quality or hygienic status in food, Dietary supplements, water, or the environment. The initial goal in finding a safety indicator was to find a group of bacteria that could indicate the presence of fecal material and serve as a surrogate for Salmonella, but was easier and simpler to detect.