date:May 23, 2012
y rate they provoke means the US federal regulators have imposed a zero tolerance approach to the pathogen.
The researchers said LM contamination generally occurs post-processing and prior to packaging.
Methodology and results
Flash Pasteurization (FP) uses short pulses of steam 120C, 1.5s) to decontaminate the surface of precooked sausages. The antimicrobial LAE has also been shown to cut levels of LM and its nonpathogenic surrogate L. innocua on frankfurters.
The study noted there were