scholarly journals High pressure thermal inactivation of Clostridium botulinum type E endospores – kinetic modeling and mechanistic insights

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian A. Lenz ◽  
Kai Reineke ◽  
Dietrich Knorr ◽  
Rudi F. Vogel
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Kinetic Modeling ◽  
Clostridium Botulinum ◽  
Thermal Inactivation ◽  
Botulinum Type ◽  
Clostridium Botulinum Type E

INACTIVATION OF CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE E SPORES BY HIGH PRESSURE PROCESSING

1999 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 277-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.R. REDDY ◽  
H. M. SOLOMON ◽  
G.A. FINGERHUT ◽  
E.J. RHODEHAMEL ◽  
V.M. BALASUBRAMANIAM ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Clostridium Botulinum ◽  
High Pressure Processing ◽  
Botulinum Type ◽  
Clostridium Botulinum Type E

scholarly journals Thermal Inactivation of Nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum Type E Spores in Model Fish Media and in Vacuum-Packaged Hot-Smoked Fish Products

2003 ◽  
Vol 69 (7) ◽  
pp. 4029-4036 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miia Lindström ◽  
Mari Nevas ◽  
Sebastian Hielm ◽  
Liisa Lähteenmäki ◽  
Michael W. Peck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rainbow Trout ◽  
Clostridium Botulinum ◽  
Thermal Destruction ◽  
Thermal Inactivation ◽  
Fish Products ◽  
Smoked Fish ◽  
Botulinum Type ◽  
Clostridium Botulinum Type E ◽  
Sensory Qualities ◽  
Model Fish

ABSTRACT Thermal inactivation of nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum type E spores was investigated in rainbow trout and whitefish media at 75 to 93°C. Lysozyme was applied in the recovery of spores, yielding biphasic thermal destruction curves. Approximately 0.1% of the spores were permeable to lysozyme, showing an increased measured heat resistance. Decimal reduction times for the heat-resistant spore fraction in rainbow trout medium were 255, 98, and 4.2 min at 75, 85, and 93°C, respectively, and those in whitefish medium were 55 and 7.1 min at 81 and 90°C, respectively. The z values were 10.4°C in trout medium and 10.1°C in whitefish medium. Commercial hot-smoking processes employed in five Finnish fish-smoking companies provided reduction in the numbers of spores of nonproteolytic C. botulinum of less than 103. An inoculated-pack study revealed that a time-temperature combination of 42 min at 85°C (fish surface temperature) with >70% relative humidity (RH) prevented growth from 106 spores in vacuum-packaged hot-smoked rainbow trout fillets and whole whitefish stored for 5 weeks at 8°C. In Finland it is recommended that hot-smoked fish be stored at or below 3°C, further extending product safety. However, heating whitefish for 44 min at 85°C with 10% RH resulted in growth and toxicity in 5 weeks at 8°C. Moist heat thus enhanced spore thermal inactivation and is essential to an effective process. The sensory qualities of safely processed and more lightly processed whitefish were similar, while differences between the sensory qualities of safely processed and lightly processes rainbow trout were observed.

Effect of Salt Level and Nitrite on Toxin Production by Clostridium botulinum Type E Spores in Smoked Great Lakes Whitefish1

1987 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 212-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. L. CUPPETT ◽  
J. I. GRAY ◽  
J. J. PESTKA ◽  
A. M. BOOREN ◽  
J. F. PRICE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Great Lakes ◽  
Water Activity ◽  
Salt Concentration ◽  
Clostridium Botulinum ◽  
Toxin Production ◽  
Water Phase ◽  
Salt Level ◽  
Botulinum Type ◽  
Clostridium Botulinum Type E ◽  
Average Water

The effect of salt level and nitrite on botulinal safety of smoked whitefish was investigated. An average water-phase (wp) salt concentration of 4.4% inhibited outgrowth of Clostridium botulinum type E spores (103 spores/g) for over 35 d in temperature-abused (27°C) smoked whitefish. Incorporation of nitrite (220 mg/kg) during brining to the smoked salted (4.4%, wp) whitefish inhibited toxin production for 56 d at 27°C. An average salt concentration of 6.2% (wp), with or without nitrite, totally inhibited toxin production for the duration of the study (83 d). The effect of pH and water activity in temperature-abused smoked whitefish as a means of controlling toxin production by C. botulinum type E spores was evaluated.

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