JOURNAL OF FOOD SAFETY, cilt.26, sa.3, ss.233-243, 2006 (SCI-Expanded)
Inhibition effects of several combinations of sodium lactate (SL), sodium acetate, sodium diacetate (SDA) on the growth of Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis were investigated in minced beef. The samples inoculated with 4.60 log cfu/g of Salmonella enteritidis and 4.70 log cfu/g of L. monocytogenes were treated with sodium salts and their combinations and stored at 4C. Sodium salts decreased the growth rate of S. enterica serotype Enteritidis. Combinations of the salts were bactericidal to S. enterica serotype Enteritidis but the growth of L. monocytogenes was delayed only by using the combination of 2.5% SL and 0.2% SDA.