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Single and combined decontamination effects of power-ultrasound, peroxyacetic acid and sodium chloride sanitizing treatments on Escherichia coli, Bacillus cereus and Penicillium expansum inoculated dried figs

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Microbial contaminations and related issues are causing serious economic losses to the global trade of dried figs. A significant amount of dried figs are rejected at the customs gates after legally required analyses, which in turn brings several problems covering the destruction of foods, environmental hazards, and food safety issues. In the present study, Escherichia coli, Bacillus cereus, and Penicillium expansum inoculated (10(7) CFU/g) dried figs (Ficus carica cv. Sarilop) were subjected to sanitation treatments using ultrasound application (US; 100-600 W), peroxyacetic acid (PAA; 40-200 mg/L) and sodium chloride (NaCl; 4-12%); separately and/or in combinations using a central composite design by response surface methodology. In case of combined (dual/triple) treatments, the optimum process conditions were [US: 527 W, PAA: 148 mg/L], [US: 527 W, NaCl: 11.0%], [PAA: 108 mg/L, NaCl: 10.6%], [US: 203 W, PAA: 89 mg/L, NaCl: 10.4%]. Microbial decontamination by combined US and PAA showed 3.35, 0.93, and 0.90 log CFU/g while the US, PAA, and NaCl combination showed 3.09, 0.82, and 0.98 log CFU/g for E. coli, B. cereus, and P. expansum, respectively. The triple combination was found better for microbial decontamination as it consumed less US power in addition to less comparative concentrations of PAA and NaCl.

Dried fruit sanitationMicrobiological qualityMicrobial reductionUltrasonic sanitizationFood safety

Gorguc, Ahmet、Gencdag, Esra、Okuroglu, Fulya、Yilmaz, Fatih Mehmet、Biyik, H. Halil、Kose, Senem Ozturk、Ersus, Seda

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Adnan Menderes Univ, Engn Fac, Food Engn Dept, TR-09010 Aydin, Turkey

Adnan Menderes Univ, Fac Arts & Sci, Dept Biol, TR-09010 Aydin, Turkey

Ege Univ, Engn Fac, Food Engn Dept, TR-35100 Izmir, Turkey

2021

LWT-Food Science & Technology

LWT-Food Science & Technology

ISSN:0023-6438
年,卷(期):2021.140
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