TY - JOUR
T1 - High-pressure processing and boiling water treatments for reducing Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli O157
T2 - H7, Salmonella spp., and Staphylococcus aureus during beef jerky processing
AU - Scheinberg, Joshua A.
AU - Svoboda, Amanda L.
AU - Cutter, Catherine N.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Christopher Gardner, Rebekah Miller, and Richard Swartz for their technical assistance with this research project. This project was funded, in part, by Lazy Jims Jerky Spice, the Department of Food Science , and College of Agricultural Sciences at the Pennsylvania State University .
Copyright:
Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/5
Y1 - 2014/5
N2 - Beef jerky is a convenient, ready-to-eat meat product, but requires processing lethality steps to ensure the safety of the product. Previous outbreaks involving various jerky products have highlighted the risks associated with jerky and the importance of utilizing pathogen interventions during processing. In this study, two alternative interventions were evaluated for reducing pathogen populations during jerky processing. Results demonstrated that high pressure processing (HPP; two treatments of 550MPa, 60s) could produce significant (p<0.05), but variable reductions (6.83 and 4.45log10CFU/strip) of Salmonella spp. and Escherichia coli O157:H7, respectively, on resulting beef jerky. HPP treatments, however, produced minor reductions (p<0.05) of Gram-positive pathogens, resulting in reductions of 1.28 and 1.32log10CFU/strip of Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus, respectively. Alternatively, boiling water (100±2°C) treatments (20-30s) used after marination and prior to dehydration, reduced Salmonella spp., E.coli O157:H7, L.monocytogenes, and S.aureus populations >5.0log10CFU/strip in resulting beef jerky. Thus, 20 or 30s boiling water (100±2°C) treatments could be effective interventions for commercial jerky processors or home food preservers. Future validation of these processes in-plant could provide processors and regulators with alternative strategies for safe and shelf-stable jerky products.
AB - Beef jerky is a convenient, ready-to-eat meat product, but requires processing lethality steps to ensure the safety of the product. Previous outbreaks involving various jerky products have highlighted the risks associated with jerky and the importance of utilizing pathogen interventions during processing. In this study, two alternative interventions were evaluated for reducing pathogen populations during jerky processing. Results demonstrated that high pressure processing (HPP; two treatments of 550MPa, 60s) could produce significant (p<0.05), but variable reductions (6.83 and 4.45log10CFU/strip) of Salmonella spp. and Escherichia coli O157:H7, respectively, on resulting beef jerky. HPP treatments, however, produced minor reductions (p<0.05) of Gram-positive pathogens, resulting in reductions of 1.28 and 1.32log10CFU/strip of Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus, respectively. Alternatively, boiling water (100±2°C) treatments (20-30s) used after marination and prior to dehydration, reduced Salmonella spp., E.coli O157:H7, L.monocytogenes, and S.aureus populations >5.0log10CFU/strip in resulting beef jerky. Thus, 20 or 30s boiling water (100±2°C) treatments could be effective interventions for commercial jerky processors or home food preservers. Future validation of these processes in-plant could provide processors and regulators with alternative strategies for safe and shelf-stable jerky products.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.foodcont.2013.11.002
DO - 10.1016/j.foodcont.2013.11.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84888231027
SN - 0956-7135
VL - 39
SP - 105
EP - 110
JO - Food Control
JF - Food Control
IS - 1
ER -