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dc.contributor.authorVikrem, Birgitte
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-06T08:42:32Z
dc.date.available2015-08-06T08:42:32Z
dc.date.copyright2015
dc.date.issued2015-08-06
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/295081
dc.description.abstractFood safety and quality assurance of fresh poultry products involves several challenges in today’s poultry industry. Microbial requirements have created increased demands in the development of new methods for improved product quality. In recent years, the use of ultraviolet (UV) light as a decontamination method has been met with increasing interest. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the effect of UV light on microbial flora associated with fresh, skinless chicken fillets. By illuminating chicken samples with continuous UVC light and pulsed UV light, reductions in the number of added bacteria were examined. Antibiotic resistant mutant strains of the spoilage bacteria Carnobacterium divergens and Pseudomonas spp., were in addition to ESBL producing Escherichia coli added to chicken fillets in the UV experiments. In the continuous UVC light experiments, samples were exposed for 5, 10 and 30 seconds and 1 and 5 minutes, at a wavelength of 253,7 nm and intensity 10 mW/cm2. Samples illuminated with pulsed UV light were exposed to different UV doses between 1,6 and 18,0 J/cm2. No major differences between the applied illuminating methods were observed in relation to the number of bacterial reductions. The general reductions for all bacterial species were in the range between 1,0-3,0 logs CFU/cm2 chicken fillet. The results indicated good killing effect regardless of UV dose used, and increasing dose gave only minor increase in the number of log reductions. Changes in the quality or sensory properties as a result of illumination were assessed by a professional sensory panel and by a smaller consumer test. Only minor changes in sensory properties and product quality could be noticed when the fillets were exposed to the highest doses. The consumers could not differentiate the illuminated chicken samples from an untreated control sample. Experiments showed that illumination using continuous UVC and pulsed UV light were effective, quick and easy methods for reducing bacterial counts of C. divergens, Pseudomonas spp. and ESBL producing E. coli. The methods resulted in only marginal changes in sensory properties.nb_NO
dc.language.isonobnb_NO
dc.publisherNorwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås
dc.rightsNavngivelse 3.0 Norge*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/no/*
dc.subjectUV-lysnb_NO
dc.subjectESBL E. colinb_NO
dc.subjectCarnobacterium divergensnb_NO
dc.subjectPseudomonasnb_NO
dc.titleReduksjon av forringelsesbakterier og ESBL-produserende Escherichia coli på kyllingfilet ved bruk av kontinuerlig UVC-lys og puls UV-lysnb_NO
dc.title.alternativeReduction of spoilage bacteria and ESBL producing Escherichia coli on chicken fillet using continuous UVC light and pulsed UV lightnb_NO
dc.typeMaster thesisnb_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Technology: 500::Food science and technology: 600nb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber69nb_NO
dc.description.localcodeM-MATnb_NO


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