Inhibition of Salmonella typhimurium on Agar Medium and Poultry Skin by Ultraviolet Energy
- 1 March 1996
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Food Protection
- Vol. 59 (3) , 319-321
- https://doi.org/10.4315/0362-028x-59.3.319
Abstract
Ultraviolet radiation (UV) was effective in destroying Salmonella typhimurium on agar plates and poultry skin. Agar plates inoculated with varying numbers of colony-forming units (CFU) of S. typhimurium (1.2 × 102 to 1.7 × 109) were subjected to different doses of UV light to determine optimal killing. Poultry skin was also inoculated with varying CFU of S. typhimurium per 2 cm2 of skin and subjected to UV light. UV light treatment of inoculated agar plates revealed almost complete elimination (99.9%) of S. typhimurium at 2,000 μW · s · cm−2. Bacterial reduction was less effective on the surface of poultry skin when a 80.5% reduction in S. typhimurium was obtained at 2,000 μW · s · cm−2.Keywords
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