Efficacy of a Peroxyacetic Acid Formulation as an Antimicrobial Intervention To Reduce Levels of Inoculated Escherichia coli O157:H7 on External Carcass Surfaces of Hot-Boned Beef and Veal
2007
Penney, N. | Bigwood, T. | Barea, H. | Pulford, D. | LeRoux, G. | Cook, R. | Jarvis, G. | Brightwell, G.
The efficacy of a peroxyacetic acid formulation (POAA) at reducing Escherichia coli O157:H7 contamination on external carcass surfaces of hot-boned beef and veal with a commercial spray apparatus was determined. Hot-boned external carcass surfaces were inoculated with either a high dose (10(6) CFU/cm2) in fresh bovine feces or with a low dose (10(3) CFU/cm2) in diluent of laboratory-cultured E. coli O157:H7. Treatments included a water wash, a POAA (180 ppm) wash, or a water plus POAA wash. Samples were extracted from the external carcass surface with a cork borer to determine the numbers of viable E. coli O157:H7 remaining on the carcass surface after treatment. Although a water wash alone resulted in a 1.25 (94.4%) and a 1.31 (95.1%) mean log reduction on veal and beef inoculated with a high dose of E. coli O157:H7, the POAA treatment resulted in a substantially greater mean log reduction of 3.56 and 3.59 (>99.9%). The water wash only resulted in a 33.9% reduction on veal and 62.8% on beef inoculated with a low dose of E. coli O157:H7, whereas POAA treatment greatly improved pathogen reduction to 98.9 and 97.4% on veal and beef, respectively. The combination of a water wash followed by a POAA treatment resulted in a similar E. coli O157:H7 reduction to that achieved by POAA treatment alone. In conclusion, POAA treatment significantly reduced viable E. coli O157:H7 numbers on experimentally contaminated beef and veal carcasses, which justifies its use as a chemical intervention for the removal of this human pathogen.
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