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Survival of Listeria innocua in Minas Traditional Serro cheese during ripening

2009; Elsevier BV; Volume: 20; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.foodcont.2009.02.007

1873-7129

Maximiliano Soares Pinto, Antônio Fernandes de Carvalho, Ana Clarissa dos Santos Pires, Júnio César Jacinto de Paula, Denise Sobral, Fernando Antônio Resplande Magalhães,

Microbial Inactivation Methods

Cheese produced with raw milk can be a risk to consumer health. It is known that lactic acid bacteria present in raw milk and in natural starters can produce antimicrobial compounds against some foodborne bacteria. This work aimed to evaluate the survival of Listeria innocua in Minas Traditional Serro cheese during cheese ripening. The cheeses were inoculated with 101, 102 or 103 CFU mL−1 of the bacterium and were analyzed for 60 days of ripening at 30 °C. It was observed that the time and the dose of bacteria inoculated affected (p < 0.05) the survival of L. innocua. Even when the lowest dose was inoculated, at the end of the 60 days, approximately 102 CFU mL−1 of L. innocua was detected in the cheese. The lactic acid bacteria present in the milk and in the natural starter were not sufficient to guarantee the absence of L. innocua in Minas Traditional Serro cheese even after 60 days of storage, as is required by Brazilian legislation.