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Extrinsic factors

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properties of the environment “where you put the food”

  • temperature
  • presence and concentration of gases
  • relative humidity
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Intrinsic factors

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properties of the food “what you put in the food”

  • pH
  • aw
  • oxidation reduction potential
  • content of nutrients or antimicrobial constituents
  • physical structures
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Psychrophiles

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love cold

optimum

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Psychrotrophs

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tolerate cold

optimum >20, can go at

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Mesophiles

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love ambient 
optimum ~30-40
e.g. e coli and s aureus
no growth at refrigeration temp
most food borne pathogens are mesophiles - survive in intestines
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Thermophiles

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love warm
optimum >45 
eg. Geobacillus stearothermophilus
relavent for spoilage in tropical climates
have heat resistant spores
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Hyperthermophiles

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love very warm
optimum >80
not relavant in foods

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Danger Zone

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4.4-60 degrees - unsafe
optimum temperature for microbial growth of mesophiles
if you keep foods hotter than 60 and less than 4, growth of most pathogens is inhibited

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Foods not to refrigerate

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climacteric fruits (tomatoes, melons, bananas)
oil, honey and bread
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How to store a ham sandwich?

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store the whole thing in the fridge because the safety issue of the ham is more important than the spoilage issue of the bread

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Bacterial endospores

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Heat resistant
cannot be destroyed by household heating
need to be controlled by pressure cooking (>121 degrees) or combined with low pH etc.

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Fungal spores

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most are as heat sensitive as vegetative cells
will usually be destroyed by cooking or pasteurization
exceptions** byssochlamys fulva, B nivea, Aspergillus fischeri which can withstand pasteurization (fruit juices)

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Gaseous environment ambient conditions

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20% o2

80% N2

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Modified Atmosphere conditions

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take away 02
- vacuum packaging
- N2 inhibits growth of aerobic organisms
add Co2
- inhibits growth of aerobic organisms but NOT LAB

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Aerobic Spoilage

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ex. pseudomonas sp..
can grow (in meat)
metabolizes proteins - smell containing N or S
odor and slime after 10^7 is reached
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Anaerobic Spoilage

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ex. LAB
metabolizes CHO - souring
some strains can convert amino acids - occasional S odor

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3 magic numbers in food micro

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10^6 - over this number will notice activity (dangerous because some infective doses are less than this)
10^9 bacteria will grow to this in food
10^12 max number of bacterial cells (12 d concept)

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12 D concept

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requires heating process to reduce the bacterial count by 12 log cycles.

ex. if you start at 10^6, and you heat for the time to reduce by 12 log cycles, you would have a population of 10^-6, which would provide a safe product.
- used in canning to ensure no C. botulinum

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Can you store spinach in an anaerobic condition?

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No - will wilt. Can add Co2 to decrease microbial growth, without suffocating the leaves

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Examples of physical barriers (intrinsic factor)

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banana peel, egg shells - prevents organism from getting to the nutritious part of the food
butter - makes an emulsion that results in small water droplets - must be small**

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Antimicrobials - plant/animal defence systems - examples (intrinsic factor)

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e. g. lysozome in egg white - hydrolyzes cell wall and protects if organism gets past the shell
e. g. lactoperoxidase in raw milk - not sufficient on its own
e. g. isohumulones (hops) in beer - also added for flavor - permeabilizes bacterial membranes
e. g. glucosinolates in garlic, onions, and mustard -

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Most pathogens do not grow at a pH below…

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4.5
exceptions - salmonella, e coli. and s. aureus, LAB
- if ph 4.5 pasteurize, refrigerate or sterilize to kill spores

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min water activity examples

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pseudamonas 0.97
e.coli and salmonella 0.96
c botulinum 0.94
most spoilage bacteria 0.9
s.aureus 0.86*

min aw for growth is dependent on the solutes** sugar solutions are less inhibitory than salt solutions at the same aw.

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halophiles and halotolerant bacteria

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loving salt and tolerating salt

aw >0.75

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osmotolerant yeasts
tolerate high concentration of organic compounds | aw >0.61
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xerophilic molds
tolerate dry conditions | aw. >0.61
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How is aw decreased?
1. drying 2. dry salting (pulls water out - meat) 3. brining (osmotic dehydration) (put in high salt or high sucrose concentration)
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Growth Inhibition
bacterial growth is static but organisms remain alive - cold, low aw, low pH - enough for a pathogen with a high infective dose (i.e. clostridium perfringens) - NOT enough for a pathogen with a low infective dose (i.e. ehec) - bacteria resume growth when conditions change (i.e. temp abuse)
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Microbial Death
Elimination of bacteria and spores - heat, pressure, radiation, chemicals (low pH) prevents regrowth during storage and ambient conditions
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Pasteurization
- 60-80 degrees (less than 100) - kills vegetative and fungal spores - milk target organism coxiella burnetti - alkaline phosphatase has a similar z value to pathogens - if you can detect its activity (like in raw milk), then you know that heating was not sufficient - low temp holding 63 degrees for 30 minutes - high temp short time - 72 degrees for 15 seconds (typical for milk
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Commercial Sterilization
121 degrees - typical for canning is 121 for 15 mins - kills vegetative bacterial cells, fungal spores, and endospores of bacteria that grow at ambient temperature - spores don't have a metabolism so can still survive in a dry environment** acid foods pH 4.5 - need heat inactivation of endospores target organisms - food safety - clostridium botulinum (most heat resistant pathogen and produces the most lethal toxin) - food spoilage - C sporogenes, geobacillus stearothermophillus etc. more resistant than C botulinum so if you know you don't have spoilage you also know the food is safe**
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Process that are not predominantly aimed at food preservation
cooking - 100 degrees, meal prep; kills bacterial cells and fungal spores - creates optimum growth conditions for clostridium perfringens and s. aureus blanching - 70-80 degrees - prior to canning, inactivates enzymes and removes o2 drying/concentration - 40-100 - evaporates water (dry heat does NOT kill bacteria)
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Benefits vs. Disadvantages of Thermal Preservation
Benefits - quick, easy, cheap - reference process, well understood and good safety record - inactivates enzymes - changes in flavour/texture are usually accepted by the consumer - maintains most nutrients and vitamins Disadvantages - energy requirement - changes flavour (still accepted by consumers) - destroys some vitamins (
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Shoulder effect
uneven heating of the food or clumping of organisms so that they are not evenly exposed to heat
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Tailing effect
heat resistant mutants
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Thermal preservation won't work without __?
Water. - as soon as you take away water, pasteurization and sterilization lose all of their effectivity - dry vegetative cells have high heat resistance (i.e. salmonella on almonds, potato chips, peanut butter)
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Sublethal Injury
When cells are not quite dead yet. Heating may injure but not kill cells. - unable to grow on selective media - given time, they restore viability (extended lag phase) - cell injury is represented by the growth difference between the non selective media line and the selective media line - difference in lines reflects the level of selection media - important for industry to keep in mind (storage allows for repair)
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Fo value
time to reduce population of target pathogen by given amount at 121 degrees
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Alternatives to thermal processing
microwaves, ohmic heating, microfiltration, aseptic packaging, high pressure, pulsed electrical fields, ionizing radiation
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Microwave pros and cons
pros - rapid, broad spectrum of activity (bacteria, yeast, viruses, told) cons - thermodynamic gradients, water activity, survival of endospores ** needs h20
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Micro filtration pros and cons
pros - no change in product, extended refrigeration shelf life cons - less effective removal of bacteria than pasteurization, costly
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pulsed electrical fields pros and cons
pros - retains product quality, short treatment time, heating enhances microbial effects cons - low aw has a protective effect, ineffective against enzymes and spores
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Ionizing radiation pros and cons
(x rays, gamma rays, beta particles) - destroys the DNA pros - control achievable, death/destruction of microbes cons - dose not effective for endospores, consumer acceptance, side effects (lipid oxidation)
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Food Additive
affects the characteristics of the food, substance part of the food, label declaration
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Processing Aid
no impact on food characteristics, not part of the food, negligable residues of substance in food, no label declaration e.g. lactic acid bacteria
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Functions of weak organic acids in foods
- flavour (taste and odor) | - pH modification
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How are organic acids different from a low pH (protons)
Weak organic acids can cross the cytoplasmic membrane whereas protons cannot - protonated form i.e. acetic acid vs deprotonated form acetate
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Why do bacteria mind transport of protons into the cell?
1) metabolic energy - influx of protons decreases intracellular pH, which wastes energy 2) low intracellular pH - enzymes of most mesophyllic bacteria don't function at a low pH
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organic acids are good preservatives only if...???
the pH is equal to or less than the pkA - most organic acids have a pKa of 4.2-4.8, which means they function well in acidic foods but not in neutral foods (except parabenes which don't have a pkA - work well at high pH) - the catch ** most organic acids have a characteristic smell at concentrations that are effective against bacteria and fungi
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Pros vs. Cons of Organic Acids
pros - wide applicability (bacteria, yeasts, moulds, endospores when combined with pH) - generally accepted by consumers - work in tandem with pH cons - pKa is a critical factor - may prevent use in food depending on pH - may negatively affect flavour profile - "clean" label and fewer additives may be preferred alternatives
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Sulfites
SO2, NaSO2, etc more effective at low pH used in wines to control yeast or fermentation
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Nitrites
- inhibit the outgrowth of C botulinum in meats - works better in foods with a low pH (activity increases with decreasing pH) - irreversibly inhibits the iron suffer cluster in enzymes found in clostridia that are essential for growth - very selective ingredient** inhibits clostridia but other organisms may still grow - risks - potential for carcinogenic nitrosamine formation, but the alternative is worse (can be controlled by adjusting usage levels and addition of ascorbic acid) - even natural meats have nitrites - celery extract contains nitrates which when cultured in the right bacteria convert to nitrites
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Allowable limits of nitrites in Canada
- 150 ppm | - 120 ppm in bacon - bacon can reach a higher temperature in its fat content, which favours nitrosamine formation
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Bacteriophage processing aids
- viruses that kill bacteria very specific targets ** - phage cocktails - 5-10 different phages to control all of target species use level 10^8 pfu/g = 3 log kill phage MUST come into contact with the bacteria** approved for use to control L monocytogenes considered "organic"
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pros and cons of bacteriophage
pros - considered processing aids so don't need to be labelled, have no impact on quality (small and have no metabolism) cons - don't move - an issue in solid foods because they might not come into contact with the bacterial cell
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Bacteriocins
antimicrobial peptides or proteins produced by bacteria - classified according to structure - class I: lantibiotics (containing lanthionine, e.g., nisin) - class II: small heat stable peptides
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Nisin
- class I bacteriocin - 5 ring structure - produced by Lactococcus lactis spp. subs lactis - used in milk, cheese, cans, alcohol, fermented sausage (partial replacement of nitrite), fish, eggs
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control of viruses
- don't multiply in food - want to keep them out of food supply* - much more resistant to environmental stress and inactivation treatments than bacteria
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Norovirus
12-72 h incubation, symptoms last 1-3 days diarrhea, projectile vomiting, nausea, abdominal cramps self limiting and relatively mild more severe for elderly and immunocompromised outbreaks in close contact settings** eg. cruise ships, residences, nursing homes - infective dose is EXTREMELY LOW 18 particles - extremely contagious - extremely stable at room temp/freezing - extremely resistant to disinfection - can shed for 3-4 weeks - high rate of mutation - can get it again even if gotten it before - high risk foods include berries, and produce (contaminated H2o; food handler contamination - typically eaten raw), seafood (oysters, clams, muscles - bivalves filter water and concentrate microorganisms), ready to eat foods

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