Changes of Indicator Microorganisms and Pathogenic Bacteria in Spinach during Cook-Chill Process

시금치의 cook-chill 가공 중 오염지표균 및 병원성세균의 변화

  • Kim, Hye-Jung (Division of Life Sciences, Kyungnam University) ;
  • Park, Jae-Kap (Gyeongnam-do Provincial Government Institute of Health and Environment) ;
  • Lee, Dong-Sun (Division of Life Sciences, Kyungnam University) ;
  • Paik, Hyun-Dong (Division of Life Sciences, Kyungnam University)
  • Published : 2002.10.01

Abstract

Spinach minimally processed using cook-chill and sous vide techniques was vacuum-packed in low gas permeable plastic film, pasteurized at $70^{\circ}C$ for 2 min, cooled rapidly at $3^{\circ}C$, and stored at 3 and $10^{\circ}C$. Contents of mesophilic bacteria, psychrophilic bacteria, anaerobic bacteria, spore-forming bacteria, total coliforms, yeast and molds, fecal Streptococcus, and Enterobacteriacea were measared to identify the degree of food contamination. Number of mesophilic bacteria, detected at $2.2{\times}10^8\;cfu/g$ in raw spinish, decreased to about $6.0{\times}10^3\;cfu/g$ after cook-chill process. During the storage at 3 or $10^{\circ}C$, levels of mesophilic, psychrophilic and anaerobic bacteria increased, whereas total coliforms, yeast and molds, fecal Streptococcus, and Enterobacteriacea were not detected. Twelve strains of Aeromonas hydphila, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Plesiomonas shigelloides, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Yersinia enterocolitica, Bacillus cereus, Campylococcus spp., Clostridium perfringens, Listeria monocytogenes, and Staphylococcus aureus were examined for detecting the presence of pathogenic bacteria in spinach. B. cereus and C. perfringens were isolated from raw, washed, and cook-chilled spinach, whereas A. hydrophila was isolated only from washed spinach. S. aureus was isolated from raw and washed spinach, but not from cook-chilled spinach. Other pathogenic organisms were not detected in raw, washed, and cook-chilled spinach.

시금치를 한국 식단의 식자재로 사용하기 위해 cook-chill 가공과 sous vide 기술을 사용하였다. 시금치는 500 g 단위로 차단성 필름을 사용하여 진공포장하고 Listeria monocytogenes의 6D 사멸조건에서 저온살균하고 $3^{\circ}C$에서 급속히 냉각한 다음 $3^{\circ}C$$10^{\circ}C$에서 저장하면서 품질을 측정하였다. 오염지표균은 중온성세균, 저온성세균, 혐기성세균, 내열성세균, 대장균군, 효모 및 곰팡이, Enterobacteriacea 및 분원성연쇄상구균을 측정하였다. 원료 시금치에서는 $2.2{\times}10^8\;cfu/g$로 높은 분포를 보였고, cook-chill 가공 후에는 $6.0{\times}10^3\;cfu/g$로 감소하였으며 저장기간 동안 서서히 증가하였다. 저온성세균과 혐기성세균은 거의 같은 양상을 보였으며, 효모 및 곰팡이, 대장균군, 분원성연쇄상구균 및 Enterobacteriacea는 cook-chill 가공 후에는 검출되지 않았다. 그람음성의 병원성세균은 Aeromonas hydrophila, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Plesiomonas shigelloides, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Yersinia enterocolitica, 그람양성균은 Bacillus cereus, Campylococcus spp., Clostridium perfringens, Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus을 분리시험하였다. A. hydrophila는 수세한 시금치에서 분리되었으나, 원료 시금치와 cook-chill한 시금치에서는 분리되지 않았다. B. cereus와 C. perfringens는 원료 시금치, 수세한 시금치와 cook-chill 가공한 시금치에서 분리된 반면 S. aureus는 원료 시금치와 수세한 시금치에서만 분리되었다. 그 외의 다른 병원성세균은 cook-chill 과정에서 분리되지 않았다.

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