Optimized antibacterial measures against Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Staphylococcus aureus

• Main Authors: Raftari, Mohammad, Jalilian, Farid Azizi, Abdulamir, Ahmed Sahib, Ghafurian, Sobhan, Radu, Son, Sekawi, Zamberi, Abu Bakar, Fatimah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academic Journals 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24168/1/24168.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24168/; http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJMR/article-abstract/D2717B713431

Varied mixtures of different concentrations 1, 1.5 and 2% of acetic (AA), lactic (LA), propionic (PA) and formic (FA) acids at 1:1 ratio were spray-washed on inoculated meat to evaluate their efficacy in reducing loads of Escherichia coli O157:H7 andStaphylococcus aureus on meat tissue. It was found...