Table 3. Bacterial cross-contamination of the non-spiked chicken meats.
Tested solution with 0.2% FBS | 200 ppm NaOCl | 0.17% FdCa(OH)2 | Mixture | dW2 | |
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Salmonella Infantisa) | Homogenate | 4.74 ± 0.15c) | 3.51 ± 0.58 | 1.76 ± 0.07 | 4.74 ± 0.07 |
RFb) | 0.00 ± 0.07 | 1.24 ± 0.52 | 2.98 ± 0.07 | - | |
E. coli-Rif a) | Homogenate | 5.20 ± 0.18 | 2.90 ± 0.21 | 2.51 ± 0.40 | 5.21 ± 0.01 |
RFb) | 0.01 ± 0.08 | 2.32 ± 0.20 | 2.71 ± 0.30 | - |
a) Titer of SI in the inoculum was 8.62 ± 0.07 and that of Ec-Rif was 8.80 ± 0.04. b) Reduction factor (RF)=log10 (titer in dW2/ml)−log10 (bacterial titer in treated/ml). c) Data represent means ± standard deviation of three different experiments.