SURVIVAL OF ARCOBACTER-BUTZLERI AND CAMPYLOBACTER-JEJUNI AFTER IRRADIATION TREATMENT IN VACUUM-PACKAGED GROUND PORK

Authors
COLLINS CI MURANO EA WESLEY IV
Citation
Ci. Collins et al., SURVIVAL OF ARCOBACTER-BUTZLERI AND CAMPYLOBACTER-JEJUNI AFTER IRRADIATION TREATMENT IN VACUUM-PACKAGED GROUND PORK, Journal of food protection, 59(11), 1996, pp. 1164-1166
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology","Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Journal of food protection → ACNP
ISSN journal
0362028X
Volume
59
Issue
11
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1164 - 1166
Database
ISI
SICI code
0362-028X(1996)59:11<1164:SOAACA>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The ability of Arcobacter butzleri to survive irradiation under vacuum in ground pork was determined and compared with that of Campylobacter jejuni. The D-10 value for A. burzleri (0.27 kGy) was 1.4x higher tha n that of C. jejuni (0.19 kGy). In addition, the D-10 values for both organisms showed that an irradiation treatment of 1.5 kGy would yield a 5-log-unit reduction in the number of A. butzleri cells and a 7-log- unit reduction in the number of C. jejuni cells. This is sufficient to render meat products safe from these pathogens. These data indicate t hat A. butzleri is more tolerant to irradiation than C. jejuni.