Assessment of contamination of Salmonella spp. in imported black pepper and sesame seed and salmonella inactivation by gamma irradiation

Autor: Maria Cristina D'Oca, Anna Maria Di Noto, Antonio Bartolotta, Aldo Parlato, Luisa Nicastro, Sonia Sciortino, Cinzia Cardamone
Jazyk: English<br />Italian
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Italian Journal of Food Safety, Vol 10, Iss 1 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2239-7132
DOI: 10.4081/ijfs.2021.8914
Popis: This study shows the frequency of seeds samples contaminated by Salmonella spp. collected randomly from local markets; on 30 black pepper sample no contaminated sample was found while Salmonella spp. was detected in 3 of 36 (8.3%) analyzed sesame samples; three different serotypes were identified: S. Montevideo, S. Stanleyville e S. Tilene. The efficacy of gamma irradiation to inactivate Salmonella Montevideo in black pepper and sesame irradiated between 1 and 5 kGy was evaluated. 3 kGy is sufficient to reduce of 3-4 log CFU/g; whereas 5 kGy have been need to reduce 5.5-6 log CFU/g for samples of black pepper and sesame. No statistically significant differences were found between black pepper and sesame.
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