National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692 Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The effect of electron beam irradiation on microbiological qualities of pork sausage samples stored at refrigeration temperature (4â°C) was studied. Pork sausage samples were exposed to 3.0, 3.5 and 4.5 KGy doses of electron beam irradiation and stored at refrigeration temperature. Microbiological analysis of irradiated pork sausage samples showed that Total Viable Count, S. aureus and yeast and mould counts in irradiated pork sausage were (p≤0.05) significantly reduced with increasing irradiation dose. Inhibitory effect of EB irradiation was observed on E. coli and Salmonella spp. count throughout the storage period in the irradiated sausage samples. However, none of the irradiated and control pork sausage samples were found to contain B. cereus, Pseudomonas spp. and Listeria spp. throughout the entire storage. Results indicated that amongst all the EB irradiation doses used under study, 4.5 KGy was found to be more effective in reducing the microbiological load when compared to other irradiation doses.
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