난 가공식품인 구운 계란의 포장유통을 목적으로 구운 계란 제조공정 중의 미생물 오염도를 평가하였으며 미생물 살균방법으로 감마선 조사와 고온가압살균법을 비교하여 제품의 보존 안정성 및 유효 유통기한 확보를 위한 살균 기준을설정하였다. PE 포장지에 낱개 포장한 구운 계란의 미생물오염도는 일반세균 > 10 CFU/g, 대장균군 < 10 CFU/g, 곰팡이 포자 > 10 CFU/g 수준이었으며 대부분의 미생물은 제품포장과정에서의 2차 오염에 의하여 오
The effects of gamma irradiation to improve the hygienic quality and microbiological shelf stability of whole baked egg were investigated by comparison with autoclaving process. The contamination levels of coliform, total aerobic bacteria and fungal group in a fresh egg were 10 CFU/g, 10 CFU/g and 10 CFU/g, respectively. After baking process, total aerobic bacteria and fungi were not exceeded to 10 CFU/g. Also, coliform was not detected under the aseptic process. However, cell counts of the baked egg after packaging reached to 10 CFU/g of total aerobic bacteria, 10 CFU/g of coliform, and 10 CFU/g of fungi. Therefore, it was assumed that microbial contamination of baked and packaged egg was mainly originated from an environmental uptake during packaging process. Microbiological shelf stability of the non sterilized control was about a week. Whereas, the baked eggs irradiated at more than 5 kGy were stable over 12 weeks at ambient condition as like those being autoclaved. Analytical texture profIle was stable within 10 kGy, but it became hardened in the sample treated with autoclaving. About 67 of panelists identified a sensory difference between non-irradiated and 10 kGy-irradiated sample. The baked egg irradiated at 10 kGy and autoclaved had lower acceptability than the control or samples irradiated lower than 5 kGy. Therefore, it was considered that optimal irradiation dose for radiation sterilization of baked and packaged egg was 5 kGy. At that point, it was recommended that appropriate microbiological shelf-life was 12 weeks at ambient condition.