Application of surfactant micelle-entrapped eugenol for prevention of growth of the shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in ground beef

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Beef safety may be compromised by O157 and non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) contamination. The capacity of surfactant micelles loaded with the plant-derived antimicrobial eugenol to reduce STEC on beef trimmings that were later ground and refrigerated for five days at 5 ± 1◦C was tested to determine their utility for beef safety protection. STEC-inoculated trimmings were treated with free eugenol, micelle-encapsulated eugenol, 2% lactic acid (55◦C), sterile distilled water (25◦C), or left untreated (control). Following treatment, trimmings were coarse-ground and stored aerobically at 5 ± 1◦C. Ground beef was then sampled for STEC immediately post-grinding, and again at three and five days of storage. STEC minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) in liquid medium for free eugenol and 1% sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-loaded micelles were 0.5% and 0.125%, respectively. STEC numbers on beef trimmings treated by sterile water (6.5 log10 CFU/g), free eugenol (6.5 log10 CFU/g), micelle-loaded eugenol (6.4 log10 CFU/g), and lactic acid (6.4 log10 CFU/g) did not differ compared to untreated controls (6.6 log10 CFU/g) (p = 0.982). Conversely, STEC were significantly reduced by refrigerated storage (0.2 and 0.3 log10 CFU/g at three and five days of storage, respectively) (p = 0.014). Antimicrobial treatments did not significantly decontaminate ground beef, indicating their low utility for beef safety protection.

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Tolen, T. N., Ruengvisesh, S., & Taylor, T. M. (2017). Application of surfactant micelle-entrapped eugenol for prevention of growth of the shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in ground beef. Foods, 6(8), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods6080069

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