Cold Plasma Inactivation of Salmonella in Prepackaged, Mixed Salads Is Influenced by Cross-Contamination Sequence
- 1 December 2017
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Food Protection
- Vol. 80 (12) , 2132-2136
Abstract
Customer demand for convenient food products has led to an increased production of prepackaged and ready-to-eat food products. Most of these products rely mainly on surface disinfection and other traditional approaches to ensure shelf life and safety. Novel processing techniques, such as cold plasma, are currently being investigated to enhance the safety and shelf life of prepacked foods. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of cold plasma corona discharge on the inactivation of Salmonella on prepackaged, tomato-and-lettuce mixed salads. Two different inoculation methods were evaluated to address cross-contamination of Salmonella from cherry tomatoes to lettuce and vice versa. In separate studies, a sample of either cherry tomatoes (55 g) or romaine lettuce (10 g) was inoculated with a Salmonella cocktail (6.93 ± 0.99 log CFU/mL), placed into a commercial polyethylene terephthalate plastic container, and thoroughly mixed together with its noninoculated counterpart. Mixed salads ...Keywords
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