"Screening" packs comprising 10 lots each of codfish cake, corned beef, and pork sausage, each lot containing about 10(6) spores of a different strain (five type A and five type B) of Clostridium botulinum per can, were irradiated at -30 +/- 10 C with a series of increasing doses (20 replicate cans/dose) of (60)Co gamma rays. The cans were incubated for 3 months at 30 C and examined for swellin...

phoenix dactylifera a collection of flowers in each inflorescence branches grown on a diet of dates in the series are drawn oval wooden sheath. in this study, the antimicrobial properties against pathogenic bacteria phoenix dactylifera well dilution method (micro dilution) and disc diffusion and mold spoilage due to extract the disk diffusion method was studied. tarvnh extract the bacteria baci...

in this research, anti-microbial activity of ethanolic extract of licorice root against food spoilage microorganisms (lactobacillus delbrueckii, leuconostocmesenteroides, candida krusei, saccharomyces cerevisiae) in an orange flavored carbonated soft drink was investigated. the mic and mbc of extract against lactobacillus delbrueckii was 0.7 mg/ml and 0.8 mg/ml respectively, and against leucono...

Many antibiotics have been screened for inhibition of sporeforming bacteria during the last 10 years in this laboratory. The effect of some of these antibiotics on canned food spoilage bacteria has previously been described (Denny and Bohrer, 1959). Recently, two antibiotics which eventually may be of use in food processing have been through a preliminary screening in this laboratory. These ant...

Billing and Sherman proposed the antimicrobial hypothesis to explain the worldwide spice use pattern. The present study explored whether two antimicrobial ingredients (i.e. spices and vinegar) are used in ways consistent with the antimicrobial hypothesis. Four specific predictions were tested: meat-based recipes would call for more spices/vinegar than vegetable-based recipes; summer recipes wou...

In recent years, numerous food poisoning outbreaks, involving various pathogens and food products, and the increasing concern over the preservation of minimally processed foods have spurred growing awareness of the importance of food safety. This has prompted new approaches to inhibit foodborne pathogens. There has been a rapid worldwide increase in pathogenic bacteria that are resistant to mul...