Modeling inactivation kinetics of food borne pathogens at a constant temperature |
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Authors: | Sencer Buzrul Hami Alpas |
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Affiliation: | Food Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, 06531 Ankara, Turkey |
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Abstract: | Four food borne pathogens (Listeria monocytogenes CA and Ohio2, Salmonella enteritidis FDA and Salmonella typhimurium E21274, Escherichia coli O157:H7 931 and 933, Staphylococcus aureus 485 and 765) were inactivated under mild temperature (60 °C) and their survival curves determined at selected time intervals. Tailing was observed in all survival curves as a monotonic upward concavity. The resulting survival curves were either described by the Weibull or traditional first-order model and goodness of fit of these models was investigated. Regression coefficients (R2), root mean square error (RMSE) and correlation plots suggested that Weibull model produced a better fit to the data than the traditional model. Hazard plots suggested that the Weibull model was fully appropriate for the data being analysed. Although more studies should be carried out to evaluate the applicability of the nonlinear models, the present study has shown that thermal process calculations should most probably be reconsidered. This could lead to a reduction in under- and over-processing of thermally treated foods |
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Keywords: | Listeria monocytogenes Salmonella Escherichia coli Staphylococcus aureus Thermal inactivation Weibull First-order model |
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