RT Journal Article T1 Safety and quality of ready-to-eat dry fermented sausages subjected to E-beam radiation A1 Cabeza Briales, María Concepción A1 Hoz Perales, Lorenzo De La A1 Velasco De Diego, Raquel A1 Cambero Rodríguez, María Isabel A1 Ordóñez Pereda, Juan Antonio AB The inactivation kinetics in the death of Listeria innocua NTC 11288 (more radioresistant than five different strains of Listeria monocytogenes) and Salmonella Enterica serovar Enteritidis and S. enterica serovar Typhimurium by E-beam irradiation has been studied in two types of vacuum-packed RTE dry fermented sausages (‘‘salchichon” and ‘‘chorizo”) in order to optimize the sanitation treatment of these products. A treatment of 1.29 kGy was calculated to reach the food safety objective (FSO) according to the ‘‘zero tolerance” criterion for the three strains. No irradiation treatment was necessary to meet the 102 c.f.u./g microbiological criterion for L. monocytogenes. Dry fermented sausages treated with 62 kGy had negligible sensory (appearance, odour and taste) modifications. Therefore, this treatment produces safe dry fermented sausages with similar sensory properties to the non-irradiated product PB Elsevier SN 0309-1740 YR 2009 FD 2009 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/96778 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/96778 LA eng NO Cabeza MC, de la Hoz L, Velasco R, Cambero MI, Ordóñez JA. Safety and Quality of Ready-to-eat Dry Fermented Sausages Subjected to E-beam Radiation. Meat Sci.2009;83:320–27 NO Ministerio de Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (España) NO Comunidad de Madrid DS Docta Complutense RD 4 abr 2025