Decontamination of pork carcasses by steam and lactic acid

Abstract The efficiency of a new apparatus for surface decontamination of pork carcasses was evaluated under industrial conditions. The combination of steaming by a special nozzle, followed by treatment with lactic acid (spraying with 2% solution), was applied on the surface of carcasses at the end of the slaughter process (30 min p.m.). Total counts of psychrophilic and mesophilic microorganisms were evaluated immediately after treatment and during cold storage up to five days. The treatment was effective in reducing the surface microflora by one to three decimal orders of CFU during the time of cold storage.

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