EFFECT OF ELECTRON-IRRADIATION AND PACKAGING ATMOSPHERE ON THE SURVIVAL OF AEROMONAS-HYDROPHILA IN MINCED POULTRY MEAT

Authors
STECCHINI ML SARAIS I DELTORRE M FUOCHI PG
Citation
Ml. Stecchini et al., EFFECT OF ELECTRON-IRRADIATION AND PACKAGING ATMOSPHERE ON THE SURVIVAL OF AEROMONAS-HYDROPHILA IN MINCED POULTRY MEAT, Radiation physics and chemistry, 46(4-6), 1995, pp. 779-784
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Chemistry Physical","Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Radiation physics and chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
0969806X
Volume
46
Issue
4-6
Year of publication
1995
Part
1
Pages
779 - 784
Database
ISI
SICI code
0969-806X(1995)46:4-6<779:EOEAPA>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Resistance to electron irradiation of Aeromonas hydrophila inoculated in minced poultry meat packed in presence of air or under vacuum was e xamined. Surviving bacteria were counted on starch ampicillin agar con taining 100 mu g / ml of ampicillin. Radiation resistance, expressed a s D-10 values, was calculated from the survival curves and found to be 0.12 and 0.14 kGy in poultry meat packed in air or under vacuum respe ctively. Storage at 2 degrees C of meat samples irradiated at 0.5 kGy further reduced the number of A. hydrophila.