Agriculture Reference
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Table 1.1 (continued)
Storage
temperature
(°C) and
storage
period (days)
Shelf life
(days)-life
extension
Species and
food type
Initial gas
mix
Packaging
material
Treatment
before packaging
Texture-
weight loss
Sensory
analysis
Color
Microfl ora
References
Shredded
carrots
( Daucus
carota L .)
PE bags 60 ʼ m
thick with OTR:
3,841 mL/
m 2 24 h atm.
and CDTR:
33,875 mL/
m 2 24 h atm.
at 20 °C
Inoculation
with S. enter-
itidis and L. mono-
cytogenes strains
4 °C ± 0.2 °C
—14 days
S. enteritidis and
L. monocytogenes
population
survived but
signifi cantly
reduced during
storage under all
storage conditions
(1.3 and 1.7 log
CFU/g reductions
of Salmonella
population for
control and
MAP 1 samples,
respectively).
TVC and LAB
counts were
always lower
on samples
stored under
MAP A
Growth of Listeria
was signifi cantly
affected by both
atmosphere
composition, pH
of the in package
environment,
vegetable type
and competition
with the existing
fl ora
Kakiomenou
et al. ( 1998 )
AMAP :
1. 2.1 %
O 2 /4.9 % CO 2
2. 5.2 %
O 2 /5 % CO 2
3. PMAP
 
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