Development of oscillation method for reducing foodborne pathogens on lettuce and spinach
2011
Kim, Sung-Youn | Sagong, Hun-Gu | Ryu, Sangryeol | Mah, Jae-Hyung | Kang, Dong-Hyun
In this study, the efficacy of an oscillator for reducing the numbers of foodborne pathogens on lettuce and spinach was tested. A cocktail of three strains each of Salmonella typhimurium, Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Listeria monocytogenes cells and of Bacillus cereus spores was inoculated onto lettuce and spinach leaves and followed by oscillation at 10Hz and 20Hz for up to 30s. After treatment of inoculated lettuce leaf with an oscillator at 20Hz for 30s, 2.58, 2.82, 2.21 and 2.22Log₁₀CFU/g reductions were obtained with the cells of S. typhimurium, E. coli O157:H7 and L. monocytogenes and the spores of B. cereus, respectively. In the case of the oscillation treatment of spinach leaf, 2.89, 3.73, 2.46 and 2.25Log₁₀CFU/g reductions of those pathogens were achieved under the same condition. Statistically significant reductions were observed after oscillation treatment at 20Hz for 5–10s. The oscillation treatment at 10Hz led to slightly less reductions of the pathogens tested as compared to the treatment at 20Hz. In conclusion, the oscillation method developed shows to be highly efficacious in reducing foodborne pathogens on lettuce and spinach leaves.
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