Modeling transfer of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Staphylococcus aureus during slicing of a cooked meat product
2007
Perez-Rodriguez, F. | Valero, A. | Todd, E.C.D. | Carrasco, E. | Garcia-Gimeno, R.M. | Zurera, G.
Cross contamination is one of the most important contributing factors in foodborne illnesses originating in household environments. The objective of this research was to determine the transfer coefficients between a contaminated domestic slicing machine and a cooked meat product, during slicing. The microorganisms tested were Staphylococcus aureus (Gram positive) and Escherichia coli O157:H7 (Gram negative). The results showed that both microorganisms were able to transfer to all slices examined (20 successively sliced) and at different inoculum levels on the blade (10⁸, 10⁶ and 10⁴ cfu/blade). The results also showed that the number of log cfu transferred per slice, during slicing, decreased logarithmically for both microorganisms at inoculum levels of 8 and 6 log cfu/blade. The type of microorganism significantly influenced transfer coefficients (p < 0.05) and there was an interaction between inoculum level and transfer coefficient for S. aureus (p < 0.05), but not E. coli O157:H7. Finally, to describe bacterial transfer during slicing, two models (log-linear and Weibull) were fitted to concentration on slice data for both microorganisms (at 6 and 8 log cfu/blade), obtaining a good fit to data (R2 >or= 0.73).
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