Liha töötlemine
1998b, c; Hardin made, because application of high pressure
et al. 1995; Cutter and Rivera-Betancourt water-washing may lead to potential penetra-
2000). tion of bacterial contamination to inner layers
In addition to washing time, temperature of tissue, while low pressures may simply
and pressure, the effectiveness of washing result in translocation of the microbial cells
also depends on bacterial population densi- on the carcass surface (De Zuniga et al. 1991;
ties, the condition (temperature of carcass Anderson et al. 1992; Ellerboek et al. 1993;
based on postmortem and/or pre-chilling Gorman et al. 1995a). Castillo et al. (1998c)
time) of the tissue, and the extent of bacterial inoculated beef carcass tissue with feces
attachment (Bacon 2005; Hardin et al. 1995). mixed with S. Typhimurium and E. coli