Modeling and designing a Listeria monocytogenes control strategy for dry-cured ham taking advantage of water activity and storage temperature
Fecha de publicación
2020-03-21ISSN
0309-1740
Resumen
Dry-cured ham is a shelf-stable product that can be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes due to post-processing operations, compromising the compliance of zero tolerance policies (e.g. US Listeria rule). The present study quantifies the behavior of L. monocytogenes in sliced Spanish dry-cured ham of different water activity (aw) during storage at different temperatures. Inactivation kinetics were estimated by fitting primary models to the experimental data. The effect of temperature and aw on kinetic parameters was characterized through secondary polynomial models. L. monocytogenes viability decreased in all the assayed conditions, confirming that dry-cured ham is not only listeriostatic but listericidal. The fastest and highest reductions were observed at 25 °C, with 1 Log reduction after 6 and 9 days in Iberian and Serrano ham respectively. The work provides scientifically-based data and models to design a low-cost control measure based on a corrective storage as a post-lethality treatment to enhance the accomplishment of zero-tolerance requirements.
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Artículo
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Lengua
English
Materias (CDU)
663/664 - Alimentos y nutrición. Enología. Aceites. Grasas
Páginas
28
Publicado por
Elsevier
Publicado en
Meat Science
Citación
Serra-Castelló, Cristina, Anna Jofré, Margarita Garriga, and Sara Bover-Cid. 2020. "Modeling And Designing A Listeria Monocytogenes Control Strategy For Dry-Cured Ham Taking Advantage Of Water Activity And Storage Temperature". Meat Science 165: 108131. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.meatsci.2020.108131.
Program
Funcionalitat i Seguretat Alimentària
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