Rapid Assessment of the Microbiological Quality of Poultry Carcasses Using ATP Bioluminescence
- 1 May 1995
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Food Protection
- Vol. 58 (5) , 551-554
- https://doi.org/10.4315/0362-028x-58.5.551
Abstract
The meat industry is in need of faster and more reliable methods to determine microbial loads in food products. A rapid method (r = 0.85, p < 0.001) and demonstrated good repeatability between replicates. It is envisaged that the modified ATP bioluminescence assay would best be used as a platform rejection test. Using threshold levels determined from the regression equation, the ATP bioluminescence assays gave about 90% agreement with plate counts for carcass rinses with counts above 5 × 104 CFU/ml. These findings suggest that the modified ATP bioluminescence assay could be used for monitoring critical control points (CCPs) in programs based on hazard analysis of critical control points (HACCP).Keywords
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