Authors: Barbosa, Werner B.; Sofos, John N.; Schmidt, Glenn R.; Smith, Gary C.

Source: Journal of Food Protection®, Volume 58, Number 4, April 1995 , pp. 398-403(6)

Publisher: International Association for Food Protection

Abstract:

Separate inocula of four strains of Listeria monocytogenes were prepared at 4°C and inoculated (3.58 to 4.67 log₁₀ colony forming units [CFU]/g) in top round ground beef (< 4.0% fat) patties (78.8 ± 6.7 g) of normal (5.47 ± 0.03) or high (6.14 ± 0.08) pH, which were stored (4°C) vacuum-packaged for 56 days and analyzed for L. monocytogenes, total aerobic plate counts (APC) and pH. In normal-pH ground beef, strain N-7143 (serotype 3a), multiplied from 4.25 ± 0.71 log₁₀ CFU/g at day of inoculation to 6.53 ± 0.34 log₁₀ CFU/g at 35 days of storage (P < 0.05); a 2.3 log₁₀ CFU/g increase. Populations of strain Na-19 (serotype 3b) increased 1.8 log₁₀ CFU/g in 35 days of storage, while numbers of strain Na-16 (serotype 1/2a) did not change (P > 0.05) during the 56 days of storage. Strain Scott A (serotype 4b) decreased in numbers from 4.00 ± 1.21 log₁₀ CFU/g at day-0 to 2.72 ± 0.98 log₁₀ CFU/g at 56 days. Populations of strain Scott A were lower (P < 0.05) than other strains after 21 days of storage. In high-pH ground beef, populations of strains Na-19, N-7143 and Na-16 increased (P < 0.05) by 2.87, 2.64 and 2.24 log₁₀ CFU/g, respectively, in 28 days. Populations of strain Scott A did not change significantly (P > 0.05), and they were lower (P < 0.05) than populations of other strains at 28 days. The results indicated that although growth of L. monocytogenes in vacuum-packaged, refrigerated ground beef was slow, it proceeded more rapidly in product of pH values above 6.0, and depended on strain of the pathogen tested.

Keywords: LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; BEEF; VACUUM-PACKAGE; REFRIGERATED

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Department of Animal Sciences and Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Colorado State University, Fon Collins, Colorado 80523

Publication date: 1995-04-01

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