The inactivation of Salmonella during curing of Italian traditional pork salami was investigated. A total of 150 batches of ground raw meat (GRM) used for salami manufacturing by four producers were tested for Salmonella by real-time PCR followed by ISO 6579 cultural confirmation and MPN enumeration. Salami produced with Salmonella positive GRMs were re-tested at the end of their curing period. Aw, pH and NaCl content were also measured. Detection of Salmonella was performed testing both 25 and 50 g of the samples. By Real-Time PCR 37% of the GRMs resulted positive, but cultural detection of Salmonella was obtained in 14% of the samples only. Salmonella enumeration ranged from 31 MPN/g to< 1.3 MPN/g. The difference between testing 50 g and 25 g of the samples was statistically significant (p value≤ 0.01). In particular, ISO-50 g detected Salmonella in 100% of all positive samples, vs. 62% of ISO-25 g. Salami made of the contaminated GRMs were 29% Salmonella-positive, as most batches of salami produced with Salmonella-positive GRMs resulted negative after regular curing (20–48 days). Overall, 13% of salami produced with Salmonella-contaminated GRMs were positive. They belonged to six batches, which turned out negative after prolonged curing ranging between 49 and 86 days. Salmonella enumeration in salami ranged from 8.7 MPN/g to< 1.3 MPN/g. Unlike GRMs, no significant difference was observed between the ISO-50 g and the ISO-25 g in detecting Salmonella in cured salami (p value:> 0.05). The most common Salmonella serovars in GRMs were Derby (52%), Typhimurium monophasic variant 4, (Barbuti et al., 1993), 12:i:- (19%) and Stanley (10%). Salmonella Derby (56%), London, Branderup, Panama (13%, respectively) and Goldcoast (6%) were most frequent in cured salami. The study showed negative correlation between real-time CT values and cultural confirmation of Salmonella, as well as the importance of sample size for Salmonella detection. Among considered factors with possible effect on the occurrence of Salmonella in salami, statistical analysis revealed a role for aw in salami and for Salmonella load in GRMs, while pH and NaCl content did not significantly affect the probability of finding Salmonella in dry-cured salami in the context of this study. In particular the lower aw values due to longer curing were associated with lower Salmonella presence in traditional dry-cured salami.

Assessment of Salmonella survival in dry-cured Italian salami / Bonardi, Silvia; Bruini, Ilaria; Bolzoni, L.; Cozzolino, P.; Pierantoni, M.; Brindani, Franco; Bellotti, P.; Renzi, Marco; Pongolini, S.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY. - ISSN 0168-1605. - 262:(2017), pp. 99-106. [10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2017.09.016]

Assessment of Salmonella survival in dry-cured Italian salami

BONARDI, Silvia;BRUINI, Ilaria;BRINDANI, Franco;RENZI, Marco;
2017-01-01

Abstract

The inactivation of Salmonella during curing of Italian traditional pork salami was investigated. A total of 150 batches of ground raw meat (GRM) used for salami manufacturing by four producers were tested for Salmonella by real-time PCR followed by ISO 6579 cultural confirmation and MPN enumeration. Salami produced with Salmonella positive GRMs were re-tested at the end of their curing period. Aw, pH and NaCl content were also measured. Detection of Salmonella was performed testing both 25 and 50 g of the samples. By Real-Time PCR 37% of the GRMs resulted positive, but cultural detection of Salmonella was obtained in 14% of the samples only. Salmonella enumeration ranged from 31 MPN/g to< 1.3 MPN/g. The difference between testing 50 g and 25 g of the samples was statistically significant (p value≤ 0.01). In particular, ISO-50 g detected Salmonella in 100% of all positive samples, vs. 62% of ISO-25 g. Salami made of the contaminated GRMs were 29% Salmonella-positive, as most batches of salami produced with Salmonella-positive GRMs resulted negative after regular curing (20–48 days). Overall, 13% of salami produced with Salmonella-contaminated GRMs were positive. They belonged to six batches, which turned out negative after prolonged curing ranging between 49 and 86 days. Salmonella enumeration in salami ranged from 8.7 MPN/g to< 1.3 MPN/g. Unlike GRMs, no significant difference was observed between the ISO-50 g and the ISO-25 g in detecting Salmonella in cured salami (p value:> 0.05). The most common Salmonella serovars in GRMs were Derby (52%), Typhimurium monophasic variant 4, (Barbuti et al., 1993), 12:i:- (19%) and Stanley (10%). Salmonella Derby (56%), London, Branderup, Panama (13%, respectively) and Goldcoast (6%) were most frequent in cured salami. The study showed negative correlation between real-time CT values and cultural confirmation of Salmonella, as well as the importance of sample size for Salmonella detection. Among considered factors with possible effect on the occurrence of Salmonella in salami, statistical analysis revealed a role for aw in salami and for Salmonella load in GRMs, while pH and NaCl content did not significantly affect the probability of finding Salmonella in dry-cured salami in the context of this study. In particular the lower aw values due to longer curing were associated with lower Salmonella presence in traditional dry-cured salami.
2017
Assessment of Salmonella survival in dry-cured Italian salami / Bonardi, Silvia; Bruini, Ilaria; Bolzoni, L.; Cozzolino, P.; Pierantoni, M.; Brindani, Franco; Bellotti, P.; Renzi, Marco; Pongolini, S.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY. - ISSN 0168-1605. - 262:(2017), pp. 99-106. [10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2017.09.016]
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