Liha töötlemine
79 to 3.54 log10
CFU/cm2 reductions of beef spoilage bacteria Application of combinations of hurdles of
and L. innocua by spraying with nisin solu- low intensity, or sublethal, may replace the
tion of 5000 AU/ml. Bovine lactoferrin (LF) use of single hurdles of higher or lethal inten-
is an iron-binding protein, commonly found sity, thereby achieving the desired antimicro-
in milk, saliva, tears, seminal fluids, and sec- bial effect without compromising sensory
ondary granules of neutrophils. “Activated quality or other properties. Multiple hurdles
lactoferrin” is an LF derivative through a pat- or interventions of sublethal intensity may be
ented process that has received a GRAS applied sequentially or simultaneously (Sofos
status in the United States for use on fresh and Smith 1998; Sofos 2005). Sequential
beef (Naidu 2001, 2002). It is thought to decontamination treatments, combining
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