TY  - JOUR
T1  - Novel Approaches of <I>E. coli</I> O157: H7 Decontamination
AU - Raftari, M. AU - Jalilian, F. Azizi AU - Abdulamir, A.S. AU - Son, R. AU - Sekawy, Z. AU - Fatimah, A.B. 
JO  - Research Journal of Medical Sciences
VL  - 3
IS  - 4
SP  - 158
EP  - 162
PY  - 2009
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-9346
DO  - rjmsci.2009.158.162
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjmsci.2009.158.162
KW  - Beef
KW  -Escherichia coli O157: H7
KW  -acetic acid
KW  -lactic acid
KW  -propionic acid and formic acid
AB  - Researchers in the area of microbiological meat safety, in an attempt to reduce beef carcass contamination, try carcass-washing treatments as an effective method to control pathogenic bacteria. Spray wash treatments utilizing 3 concentrations (1, 1.5 and 2%) of acetic, lactic, propionic and formic acids were performed to evaluate their efficacy in reducing numbers of <I>Escherichia coli </I>O157: H7 on meat tissues at 4&plusmn;1&deg;C. The meat was decontaminated with hot water and then inoculated with <I>E. coli </I>O157: H7, which then was spray washed with organic acids for 15 sec separately. The population of <I>E. coli </I>O157: H7 significantly (p&lt;0.05) reduced after being spray washed with all treatments. The lethality effect of all organic acids according to the concentration was 2% concentration &gt;1.5% concentration &gt;1% concentration. Mean log reductions of <I>E. coli </I>O157: H7showed that the antibacterial effect of formic acid &gt;lactic acid &gt;acetic acid &gt;propionic acid. The results of this study also indicated that formic acid is a good antibacterial agent for decontaminating animals carcass surfaces.
ER  -