Effect of simulated spray chilling with chemical solutions on acid-habituated and non-acid-habituated Escherichia coli O157:H7 cells attached to beef carcass tissue.

Samples (10 by 20 by 2.5 cm) of beef carcass tissue were inoculated (10(4) to 10(5) CFU/cm2) with Escherichia coli O157: H7 that was either non-acid habituated (prepared by incubating at 15 degrees C for 48 h in inoculated filter-sterilized composite [1:1] of hot and cold water meat decontamination runoff fluids, pH 6.05) or acid habituated (prepared in inoculated water fluids mixed with filter-sterilized 2% lactic acid [LA] runoff fluids in a proportion of 1/99 [vol/vol], pH 4.12). The inoculated surfaces were exposed to conditions simulating carcass chilling (- 3 degrees C for 10 h followed by 38 h at 1 degree C). Treatments applied to samples (between 0 and 10 h) during chilling included the following: (i) no spraying (NT) or spraying (for 30 s every 30 min) with (ii) water, (iii) cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC; 0.1 or 0.5%), (iv) ammonium hydroxide (AH; 0.05%), (v) lactic acid (LA; 2%), (vi) acidified sodium chlorite (ASC; 0.12%), (vii) peroxyacetic acid (PAA; 0.02%), (viii) sodium hydroxide (SH; 0.01%), or (ix) sodium hypochlorite (SC; 0.005%) solutions of 4 degrees C. Samples were taken at 0, 10, 24, 36, and 48 h of the chilling process to determine changes in E. coli O157:H7 populations. Phase 1 tested water, SH, PAA, LA, and 0.5% CPC on meat inoculated with non-acid-habituated pathogen populations, whereas phase 2 tested water, SC, AH, ASC, LA, and 0.1% CPC on meat inoculated with acid- and non-acid-habituated populations. Reductions in non-acid-habituated E. coli O157:H7 populations from phase 1 increased in the order NT = water = SH < PAA < LA < CPC. Reductions from phase 2 for acid-habituated cells increased in the order NT = water = SC < ASC = LA = AH < CPC, whereas on non-acid-habituated cells the order observed was NT = water = SC < AH = ASC < LA < CPC. Previous acid habituation of E. coli O157:H7 inocula rendered the cells more resistant to the effects of spray chilling, especially with acid; however, the trend of reduction remained spray chilling with water = non-spray chilling < spray chilling with chemical solutions.

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