RT Journal Article
T1 Sanitation of selected ready-to-eat (RTE) intermediate moisture foods (IMF) of animal origin by E-beam irradiation
A1 Cambero Rodríguez, María Isabel
A1 Cabeza Briales, María Concepción
A1 Escudero Portugués, Rosa María
A1 Manzano Jiménez, Susana
A1 García-Márquez, Irene
A1 Velasco De Diego, Raquel
A1 Ordóñez Pereda, Juan Antonio
AB To optimize the sanitation treatment of ready-to-eat (RTE) intermediate-moisture foods (IMF), the behavior of Listeria monocytogenes Scott A (CIP 103575), L. innocua (NTC 11288), Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (CECT 443), and Escherichia coli O157:H7 (CECT 4972) following treatment with electron-beam irradiation has been studied. As food matrixes, three RTE vacuum-packed products (Iberian dry-cured ham, dry beef [cecina], and smoked tuna) were used. Although an irradiation treatment is not necessary when the 102 colony-forming units/g microbiological criterion for L. monocytogenes is applied, a treatment of 1.5 kGy must be applied to IMFs to meet the food safety objective in the case of the ‘‘zero tolerance’’ criterion for the three strains. The IMF products presented negligible modifications of color (L*, a*, and b*), sensory (appearance, odor, and flavor), and rheology (hardness, springiness, adhesiveness, cohesiveness, gumminess, chewiness, and breaking strength) parameters at doses lower than 2 kGy. Therefore, the treatment of 1.5 kGy warrants safe IMF with sensory properties similar to those of the genuine products
PB Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
SN 1535-3141
YR 2012
FD 2012
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/96790
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/96790
LA eng
NO Cambero MI, Cabeza MC, Escudero R, Manzano S, García-Márquez I, Velasco R, Ordóñez JA. Sanitation of Selected Ready-to-eat (RTE) Intermediate Moisture Foods (IMF) of Animal Origin by E-beam Irradiation. Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2012; 9(7): 594-99
DS Docta Complutense
RD 18 abr 2025