Good manufacturing practices were used during fresh-cut pineapple preparation in this study, and even so, relatively high
microbial counts were found at day 0. This is explained by the fact that pineapple fruit contained multiple fruitlets, which can trap some microorganisms during fruit development (Rohrbach and Johnson, 2003). The characteristics of shape and rough surface in pineapples make difficult an effective sanitizing of the fruit, and usually lead to fresh-cut fruit with larger microbial counts than other temperate fruit, such us apples and pears. However, most of these microorganisms are bacteria and fungi which cause postharvest diseases of the fruit, principally Penicillium funiculosum, which causes fruitlet core rot or green eye, leathery pocket and interfruitlet corking, but they are normally safe for consumer