Effects of gallotannin treatment on attachment, growth, and survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Listeria monocytogenes on spinach and lettuce |
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Authors: | Christina Engels Agnes Weiss Reinhold Carle Herbert Schmidt Andreas Schieber Michael G G?nzle |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, 4-10 Ag/For Centre, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2P5, Canada 2. Institute of Food Science and Biotechnology, Food Microbiology, Hohenheim University, Garbenstrasse 28, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany 3. Institute of Food Science and Biotechnology, Plant Foodstuff Technology, Hohenheim University, Garbenstrasse 25, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany 4. Institut für Universit?t Bonn, Institut für Ern?hrungs- und Lebensmittelwissenschaften, Universit?t Bonn, R?merstrasse 16, 53117, Bonn, Germany
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Abstract: | Food-borne illness outbreaks are increasingly associated with fresh produce. Their high prevalence may reflect the lack of methods to effectively remove pathogenic bacteria from the surface of fruits and vegetables. This study evaluated the effect of antimicrobial gallotannins on attachment, growth, and survival of food-borne pathogens on green leafy vegetables. Spinach leaves and interior leaves of lettuce harboring high and low cell counts of background microbiota, respectively, were washed with tap water with and without added gallotannins. To account for the variability among organisms, green leafy vegetables were inoculated with strain cocktails of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Listeria monocytogenes. Cell counts of L. monocytogenes were significantly reduced by the gallotannin treatment. Lower cell counts after storage for 8?days at 4?°C demonstrated antimicrobial effects of gallotannins retained on the surface of green leafy vegetables. Gallotannin treatments with 1?g/L did not inhibit E. coli O157:H7 but hindered their attachment to filter paper by up to 94?%. The addition of gallotannin-containing extracts from mango (Mangifera indica L.) kernels to the washing water did neither alter color nor texture of bagged fresh-cut products. In conclusion, gallotannin treatment significantly reduced surface contamination of green leafy vegetables with L. monocytogenes and reduced the attachment of cells of E. coli O157:H7. |
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