| Title | Survival of E. Coli in a food model system during microwave cooking at low and medium power level | |
| Authors | Georgia Grintzali1,2, Charilaos Koutis2, Alexandros Chalkias2 and Paraskevi Boulaniki2
1. Institute of Public & Environmental Health, University of Birmingham, UK 2. Laboratory of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Department of Public Hygiene, Technological Educational Institution (T.E.I) of Athens, Athens, Greece. |
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| Citation | Grintzali, G., Koutis, C., Chalkias, A., Boulaniki, P.: Survival of E. Coli in a food model system during microwave cooking at low and medium power level , Epitheorese Klin. Farmakol. Farmakokinet. 22(3): 395-399 (2008) | |
| Publication Date | Accepted for publication (Final Version): 10 July 2008 | |
| Full Text Language | English | |
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| Keywords | Escherichia coli, microwave cooking, low level, medium level, food model. | |
| Other Terms | Review article | |
| Summary | The aim of this project is to examine the survival of Escherichia coli TG1 in a model food system during microwave cooking at low and medium power level and to evaluate the impact of time, microwaves power of function, position/settings and starting status of the model food system. The results showed that cooking or reheating the model food system at low power had no effect on microorganisms present in food whereas cooking or reheating at medium power level killed a considerable number of microorganisms. Moreover the results proved that in the middle of the food model system after cooking, the number of microorganisms was higher in comparison with the number at the edge of the model food system and that the number of E. coli in the chilled samples (after cooking) was lower than the number of microorganisms at the frozen ones. Also the number of microorganisms recovered from the calcium alginate bed was lower when the samples were taken 3 minutes after the end of cooking rather than immediately. | |
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