Assessment of the spoilage microbiota in minced free-range chicken meat during storage at 4 C in retail modified atmosphere packages.

Food Microbiology
Panagiota TsafrakidouJohn Samelis

Abstract

This study assessed the evolution of spoilage microbiota in association with the changes in pH and concentrations of lactic and acetic acids in retail oxygen-free modified atmosphere (30:70 CO2/N2) packages (MAP) of minced free-range chicken meat during storage at 4 °C for 10 days. MAP retarded growth of spoilage lactic acid bacteria (LAB) below 6.5 log cfu/g and fully suppressed growth of pseudomonads, enterobacteria, enterococci, staphylococci and yeasts. Two distinct Latilactobacillus sakei strain biotypes were predominant and Leuconostoc carnosum, Carnobacterium divergens, Latilactobacillus fuchuensis and Weissella koreensis were subdominant at spoilage. The chicken meat pH ranged from 5.8 to 6.1. l-lactate (832 mg/100 g on day-0) decreased slightly on day-7. d-lactate remained constantly below 20 mg/100 g, whereas acetate (0-59 mg/100 g) increased 5-fold on day-7. All MAP samples developed off-odors on day-7 and a strong 'blown-pack' sulfur-type of spoilage on day-10. However, neither the predominant Lb. sakei nor other LAB or gram-negative isolates formed H2S in vitro, except for C. divergens.

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