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Freitas CFD, Carvalho LMVF, Camargo AC, Almeida OGGD, Oliveira RRD, De Martinis EP, Yamatogi RS, Nero LA. Bacterial microbiota shifts in vacuum-packed beef during storage at different temperatures: Impacts on blown pack spoilage. Food Microbiol 2024; 119:104448. [PMID: 38225050 DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2023.104448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Revised: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
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We aimed to evaluate the bacterial growth and diversity in vacuum-packed beef bags stored at different temperatures and to monitor blown-pack spoilage. We used culture-based methods and high-throughput sequencing to study the development of the main bacterial groups naturally present in beef stored at 4 and 15 °C for 28 days. The growth of sulfite-reducing clostridium (SRC) was impaired in beef bags stored at 4 °C; significant differences among SRC counts were observed in beef bags stored at 4 and 15 °C on days 14, 21, and 28 (P = 0.001). Blown pack was observed in most beef bags stored at 15 °C, from day 14 to day 28, but not in beef bags stored at 4 °C. A storage temperature of 4 °C was able to maintain a stable bacterial microbiota (most prevalent: Photobacterium, Hafnia-Obesumbacterium, and Lactococcus). Remarkable changes in microbial abundance occurred at 15 °C from day 14 to day 28, with a predominance of strict anaerobes (Bacteroides) and the presence of Clostridium spp. The relative frequencies of strict anaerobes and Clostridium were statistically higher in the beef bags stored at 15 °C (P < 0.001 and P = 0.004, respectively). The temperature influenced the microbial counts and relative abundance of spoilage bacteria, leading to blown pack spoilage.
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- Caio Fialho de Freitas
- Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Veterinária, Laboratório de Inspeção de Produtos de Origem Animal - InsPOA, Avenida PH Rolfs, s/n, Campus Universitário, 36570-900 Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Veterinária, Laboratório de Inspeção de Produtos de Origem Animal - InsPOA, Avenida PH Rolfs, s/n, Campus Universitário, 36570-900 Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Tecnologia de Alimentos, Avenida PH Rolfs, s/n, Campus Universitário, 36570-900 Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Av. do Café s/n, Monte Alegre, 14040-903 Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Neoprospecta Microbiome Technologies, Av. Luiz Boiteux Piazza, 1302, Canasvieiras, 88056-000 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Av. do Café s/n, Monte Alegre, 14040-903 Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Veterinária, Laboratório de Inspeção de Produtos de Origem Animal - InsPOA, Avenida PH Rolfs, s/n, Campus Universitário, 36570-900 Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Veterinária, Laboratório de Inspeção de Produtos de Origem Animal - InsPOA, Avenida PH Rolfs, s/n, Campus Universitário, 36570-900 Viçosa, MG, Brazil.
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Toomik E, Rood L, Bowman JP, Kocharunchitt C. Microbial spoilage mechanisms of vacuum-packed lamb meat: A review. Int J Food Microbiol 2023; 387:110056. [PMID: 36563532 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2022.110056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Revised: 12/04/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Lamb meat is an important export commodity, however chilled vacuum-packed (VP) lamb has approximately half the shelf-life of beef under the same storage conditions. This makes the industry more vulnerable to financial losses due to long shipping times and unexpected spoilage. Understanding the spoilage mechanisms of chilled VP lamb in relation to VP beef is important for developing effective strategies to extend the shelf-life of lamb. This review has discussed various key factors (i.e., pH, fat, and presence of bone) that have effects on microbial spoilage of VP lamb contributing to its shorter shelf-life relative to VP beef. A range of bacterial organisms and their metabolisms in relevance to lamb spoilage are also discussed. The data gap in the literature regarding the potential mechanisms of spoilage in VP red meat is highlighted. This review has provided the current understanding of key factors affecting the shelf-life of VP lamb relative to VP beef. It has also identified key areas of research to further understand the spoilage mechanisms of VP lamb. These include investigating the potential influence of fat and bone (including bone marrow) on the shelf-life, as well as assessing changes in the meat metabolome as the spoilage microbial community is developing using an integrated approach. Such new knowledge would aid the development of effective approaches to extend the shelf-life of VP lamb.
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- Elerin Toomik
- Centre for Food Safety and Innovation, Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 54, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia.
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- Centre for Food Safety and Innovation, Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 54, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
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- Centre for Food Safety and Innovation, Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 54, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
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- Centre for Food Safety and Innovation, Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 54, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
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Mortazavi SMH, Kaur M, Farahnaky A, Torley PJ, Osborn AM. The pathogenic and spoilage bacteria associated with red meat and application of different approaches of high CO 2 packaging to extend product shelf-life. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2021; 63:1733-1754. [PMID: 34445909 DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2021.1968336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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With the fast-global development of packaging techniques, the potential antimicrobial effect of CO2, as a safe, cheap and readily available gas, makes it the integral component for packaging of meat products. The associated spoilage and/or pathogenic bacteria on raw meat may respond in different ways to elevated CO2 concentrations. The growth of some aerobic Gram-negative bacteria such as Pseudomonas spp. is significantly inhibited but some LAB bacteria may be allowed to grow faster and dominate the product. The antimicrobial efficacy of enriched CO2 packaging is attributed to the rate of CO2 solubility in the product which is itself affected by the level of headspace CO2, product pH, temperature and the ratio of headspace gas to product (G:P). This review, first, explores the varied range of beef and sheep meat spoilage and pathogenic bacteria and the intrinsic and extrinsic parameters that may influence the pattern of microbial growth and meat spoilage rate during storage. Then, the antimicrobial mechanism of elevated CO2 packaging will be discussed and the different approaches of achieving enriched CO2 packaging i.e. the traditional technique of flushing a desired gas mixture and/or using the new commercially developed CO2 emitters will then be compared in terms of their strengths, limitations and technical mode of action.
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- Biosciences and Food Technology Discipline, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Biosciences and Food Technology Discipline, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Biosciences and Food Technology Discipline, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Biosciences and Food Technology Discipline, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
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Wambui J, Stephan R. Relevant Aspects of Clostridium estertheticum as a Specific Spoilage Organism of Vacuum-Packed Meat. Microorganisms 2019; 7:microorganisms7050142. [PMID: 31137543 PMCID: PMC6560419 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms7050142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2019] [Revised: 05/12/2019] [Accepted: 05/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Clostridium estertheticum is a psychrotolerant, gram-positive, motile, anaerobic, spore-forming, rod-shaped bacteria that causes blown pack spoilage (BPS). Spoilage occurs in vacuum-packed meat without temperature abuse. Having been reported in the last 30 years in several countries, BPS by Cl. estertheticum is a major issue around the world and presents a huge economic impact on the meat industry. Despite being an important spoilage microorganism, studies on Cl. estertheticum are challenged by numerous aspects. These include, lack or poor growth in laboratory media, long culturing periods, and unpredictable isolation on the media. These factors hamper the detection of Cl. estertheticum before occurrence of BPS, which further undermines efforts to prevent the occurrence of BPS. Nevertheless, considerable developments have taken place with regard to culture-independent methods. Although information on Cl. estertheticum is available, it is limited and remains highly fragmented. Therefore, this review collates the available information and discusses relevant aspects of Cl. estertheticum as a specific spoilage organism of BPS in vacuum-packed meat.
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- Joseph Wambui
- Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 272, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 272, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Bakhtiary F, Sayevand HR, Remely M, Hippe B, Indra A, Hosseini H, Haslberger AG. Identification of Clostridium spp. derived from a sheep and cattle slaughterhouse by matrix-assisted laser desorption and ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and 16S rDNA sequencing. Journal of Food Science and Technology 2018; 55:3232-3240. [PMID: 30065434 DOI: 10.1007/s13197-018-3255-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 05/22/2018] [Accepted: 05/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Clostridia are widespread and some of them are serious human pathogens. Identification of Clostridium spp. is important for managing microbiological risks in the food industry. Samples derived from sheep and cattle carcasses from a slaughterhouse in Iran were analyzed by MALDI-TOF MS using direct transfer and extended direct transfer sample preparation methods and 16S rDNA sequencing. MALDI-TOF MS could identify ten species in 224 out of 240 Clostridium isolates. In comparison to the 16S rDNA sequencing, correct identification rate of the Clostridium spp. at the species level by MALDI-TOF MS technique was 93.3%. 16 isolates were not identified by MALDI-TOF MS but 16s rDNA sequencing identified them as C. estertheticum, C. frigidicarnis, and C. gasigenes species. The most frequently identified Clostridium species were: C. sporogenes (13%), C. cadaveris (12.5%), C. cochlearium (12%) and C. perfringens (10%). Extended direct transfer method [2.26 ± 0.18 log (score)] in comparison to direct transfer method [2.15 ± 0.23 log (score)] improved Clostridium spp. IDENTIFICATION Using a cut-off score of 1.7 was sufficient for accurate identification of Clostridium species. MALDI-TOF MS identification scores for Clostridium spp. decreased with longer incubation time. Clostridium species predominantly were isolated from carcasses after skinning and evisceration steps in the slaughterhouse. MALDI-TOF MS could be an accurate way to identify Clostridium species. Moreover, continuous improvement of the database and MALDI-TOF MS instrument enhance its performance in food control laboratories.
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- Farzaneh Bakhtiary
- 1Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, UZAII;2D541, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- 1Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, UZAII;2D541, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- 1Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, UZAII;2D541, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- 1Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, UZAII;2D541, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- 3Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- 1Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, UZAII;2D541, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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Kaur M, Shang H, Tamplin M, Ross T, Bowman JP. Culture-dependent and culture-independent assessment of spoilage community growth on VP lamb meat from packaging to past end of shelf-life. Food Microbiol 2017; 68:71-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2017.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2017] [Revised: 06/13/2017] [Accepted: 06/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Reid R, Fanning S, Whyte P, Kerry J, Bolton D. An investigation of the effect of rapid slurry chilling on blown pack spoilage of vacuum-packaged beef primals. Lett Appl Microbiol 2017; 64:177-181. [PMID: 27981595 DOI: 10.1111/lam.12703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2016] [Revised: 12/02/2016] [Accepted: 12/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The aim of this study was to investigate if rapid slurry chilling would retard or prevent blown pack spoilage (BPS) of vacuum-packaged beef primals. Beef primals were inoculated with Clostridium estertheticum subspp. estertheticum (DSMZ 8809), C. estertheticum subspp. laramenise (DSMZ 14864) and C. gasigenes (DSMZ 12272), and vacuum-packaged with and without heat shrinkage (90°C for 3 s). These packs were then subjected to immediate chilling in an ice slurry or using conventional blast chilling systems and stored at 2°C for up to 100 days. The onset and progress of BPS was monitored using the following scale; 0-no gas bubbles in drip; 1-gas bubbles in drip; 2-loss of vacuum; 3-'blown'; 4-presence of sufficient gas inside the packs to produce pack distension and 5-tightly stretched, 'overblown' packs/packs leaking. Rapid slurry chilling (as compared to conventional chilling) did not significantly affect (P > 0.05) the time to the onset or progress of BPS. It was therefore concluded that rapid chilling of vacuum-packaged beef primals, using an ice slurry system, may not be used as a control intervention to prevent or retard blown pack spoilage. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY This study adds to our growing understanding of blown pack spoilage of vacuum-packaged beef primals and suggests that rapid chilling of vacuum-packaged beef primals is not a control option for the beef industry. The results suggest that neither eliminating the heat shrinkage step nor rapid chilling of vacuum-packaged beef retard the time to blown pack spoilage.
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- R Reid
- Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin 15, Ireland
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- University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- University College Cork, College Road, Cork, Ireland
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- Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown, Dublin 15, Ireland
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Húngaro HM, Caturla MY, Horita CN, Furtado MM, Sant'Ana AS. Blown pack spoilage in vacuum-packaged meat: A review on clostridia as causative agents, sources, detection methods, contributing factors and mitigation strategies. Trends Food Sci Technol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2016.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Jääskeläinen E, Hultman J, Parshintsev J, Riekkola ML, Björkroth J. Development of spoilage bacterial community and volatile compounds in chilled beef under vacuum or high oxygen atmospheres. Int J Food Microbiol 2016; 223:25-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2016.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2015] [Revised: 01/22/2016] [Accepted: 01/31/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Vishnuraj MR, Kandeepan G, Shukla V. Effect of higher temperature exposure on physicochemical properties of frozen buffalo meat. Vet World 2014. [DOI: 10.14202/vetworld.2014.909-915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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