Effect of spices on growth and survival of Salmonella Typhimurium DT 104 in ground beef stored at 4 and 8C

Milagros Uhart, Nicole Maks, Sadhana Ravishankar

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Abstract

Few studies have addressed the use of spices against pathogens associated with meat. The effects of garlic, ginger and turmeric were evaluated against Salmonella Typhimurium DT 104 that were inoculated either in spice paste or in buffered peptone water (BPW) or in heat-treated ground beef and stored at 4 and 8C for 10 days. Data from the spice pastes study showed a decrease in Salmonella Typhimurium DT 104 counts, and the greatest reduction (3.39 log) was observed in garlic paste stored at 4C. Garlic in BPW data showed a reduction of 1.5 and 1.0 log in Salmonella Typhimurium counts at 4 and 8C, respectively. Ground beef stored at 4C showed no growth or a slight reduction in growth in samples with spice, while all samples at 8C showed an increase in Salmonella Typhimurium counts. Results show that the spices inhibit or inactivate Salmonella Typhimurium DT 104 when they are in direct contact. However, when spices are added to a complex food system such as ground beef, the inhibitory activity of these spices considerably decreases.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)115-125
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Food Safety
Volume26
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2006
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Parasitology
  • Food Science
  • Microbiology

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