title: Effectiveness of a steam-vacuum sanitizer for reducing Escherichia coli O157:H7 inoculated to beef carcass surface tissue.
abstract: A steam-vacuum sanitizer reduced aerobic plate counts associated with bovine faecal contamination from 5.5 log10 cfu cm-2 to 3.0 +/- 0.21 log10 cfu cm-2 on beef carcass short plates. The same beef carcass short plates inoculated with 7.6 +/- 0.09 log10 cfu cm-2 Escherichia coli O157:H7 in faeces, yielded an average residual level of E. coli O157:H7 of 2.1 +/- 0.21 log10 cfu cm-2, after steam-vacuum treatments. This study demonstrates the effectiveness of a steam-vacuum sanitizer for removing E. coli O157:H7 from beef carcasses.
authors.affiliation: United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE 68933-0166, USA.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Dorsa
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Cutter
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Siragusa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000254:growth & development*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D013227:Steam; D014618:Vacuum
chemical_list: D013227:Steam