Chicken carcass microflora were evaluated for aerobic microorganisms after defeathering, evisceration, washing, chilling, and sanitizing during a commercial chicken processing and storage at wholesale and retailsale levels. Sampling was at between December 1997, and March, 1998. Tap water washing and sanitizing with 25 ppm chlorine for 10 sec significantly (P$lt;0.05) reduced aerobic plate counts (APC) and gram-negative bacterial counts (GNC) on chicken carcasses from a commercial chicken-processing plant. After 4 days at 2±2℃, APC and GNC on chicken carcasses in retailsale store rapidly increased compared to those in wholesale store (P$lt;0.05). Chicken wings from retailsale store significantly (P$lt;0.05) decreased generation time (GT) compared to other chicken carcasses.

The effects of acetic acid (AA) on aerobic plate counts (APC), gram-negative bacterial counts (GNC), and generation time (GT) in chicken wings stored at 4℃ were assessed. Chicken wings were treated with 0.5-1.5% (v/v) AA at exposure times of 5 min. Treatments of AA for 5 min significantly (P$lt;0.05) reduced aerobic plate counts (APC) and gram-negative bacterial counts (GNC) on the surface of chicken wings for 8 days, respectively. After 4 days of storage, treatments of 1.0% AA and 1.5% AA for 5 min completely (P$lt;0.05) inhibited APC and GNC compared to initial controls. Based on these results, treatments of 1.0% AA and 1.5 % AA for 5 min prolonged the microbiological shelf-life for 8 days compared to those of 0.5% AA and the controls. All treatments of AA increased the lag phase and GT of aerobic microorganisms.

This study was carried out to investigate the microbiological and chemical properties of natural water during storage. The water samples were taken at the time of purchase and the opened bottles and the unopened bottles stored at the temperature of 4, 18, and 30. The bacterial content normally rose to 2.06 × 10² CFU/ml for the unopened bottles and 2.91 × 10² CFU/ml for the opened bottles after 2 weeks of storage, and 1.21 × 10^7 CFU/×ml and 2.64 × 10^7, respectively, after 24 weeks of storage. The number of viable cells of bacteria peaked more rapidly at the storage temperature of 30℃ than 18℃. But the total samples were found to be negative for coliforms test during the study period. The average range of pH value was from 7.39 to 7.76. The results showed that the nitrates and chlorides satisfied the Korea Drinking Water Quality Standards during the storage period of 24 weeks. However, the undesirable changes of the taste and odor were detected within 2 weeks and 3 weeks, respectively.

Sanitary management practices from 8 packaged meals (Dosirak) manufacturing establishments were surveyd during production and distribution and their microbiological quality of dosirak items marketed in CVS were analyzed. Correlation coefficients were calculated to deternine significant relationships between sanitary management practices and microbiological quality of packaged meals. The results of self evaluation on sanitary management practices indicated 'doing practice well' in personnel and equipment sanitation management but time-temperature control management were practiced satisfactorily only about 55% as compared with the managerial standard guidelines. Significant relationships between the status of actual sanitary management practices and microbiological quality of Dosirak items were not found, but general status of microbiological quality of Dosirak items revealed positive relationship with the size of operational structure and the status of time-temperature control management practices.

This study was carried out to develop the computer-assisted Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) program for a systematic approach to the identification, assessment and control of hazards for foodservice manager to assure the microbiological quality of food in hospital foodservice operations. Sanitation practices were surveyed and analyzed in the dietetic department of 4 hospitals. Among them, one 762-bed general hospital was selected as standard model to develop computer-assisted HACCP program. All data base files and processing programs were created by using Foxpro package for easy access of HACCP concept. HACCP program was developed based on the methods suggested by NACMCF, IAMFES and Bryan. This program consisted of two parts: the pre-stage for HACCP study and the implementation stage of the HACCP system. 1. Pre-stage for HACCP study includes the selection of menu item, the development of the HACCP recipe, the construction of a product flow diagram, and printing the HACCP recipe and a product flow diagram. A menu item for HACCP study can be selected from the menu item lists classified by cooking methods. HACCP recipe includes ingredients, their amount and cooking procedure. A flow diagram is constructed based on the HACCP recipe. The HACCP recipe and a product flow diagram are printed out. 2. Implementation of HACCP study includes the identification of microbiological hazards, the determination of critical control points, the establishment of control methods of each hazard, and the complementation of data base file. Potentially hazardous ingredients are determined and microbiological hazards are identified in each phase of the product flow. Critical control points (CCPs) are identified by applying CCP decision trees for ingredients and each process stage. After hazards and CCPs are identified, criteria, monitoring system, corrective action plan, record-keeping system and verification methods are established. When the HACCP study is complemented, HACCP study result forms are printed out. HACCP data base file can be either added, corrected or deleted.

This study researched microbial change of quality according to the various phases of product flow of cooked pea and rice, cold cucumber and seaweed soup, soybean sprouts japchae feeding urban type of a commissary school and a satellite school in Daejeon area, also it suggested the possibility that the central commissary foodservice system can be established and utilized more developmental to identify its food of variation of temperature and state of safety unitl 3 hours after cooking for the case of delay of distribution and holding because of the satellite school of geographical location and traffic problem. The critical Control Points identified for each category of menu items were: Boiled pea and rice: inadequate distribution, holding and storing before assembly; Cold cucumber and seaweed soup: pre-preparation and post-preparation after cooking; Soybean sprouts japchae: Pre-preparation, post-preparation and storing. As the result of observation of the variation of temperature and microbial safety according to the delay of distribution and holding for each food, all of them were relatively safe until 3 hours after cooking, but cold cucumber and seaweed soup being stored for 3 hours, the value of E. coli is 103 CFU/g. The variation of temperature was more extreme in soybean sprouts japchae than cooked pea and rice and cold cucumber and seaweed soup. It was proved that the stainless container was excellent and that adequate holding container should be used.

시판(市販) 사료첨가제(飼料添加劑)에 대한 미생물학적(微生物學的) 오염정도(汚染程度)를 알아보기 위하여 국내(國內)에서 판매(販賣)되고 있는 비타민과 횡물질(鐄物質) 사료첨가제(飼料添加劑) 36개(個) 품목(品目) 총(總) 81례(例)의 시료(試料)를 시험(供試)하여 일반세균(一般細菌) 및 대장균군(大腸菌群)의 오염상태(汚染狀態)를 검사(檢査)하고 아울러 시료(試料)로부터 분리(分離)한 83주(株)의 대장균군(大腸菌群)에 대한 Am등(等) 8종(種)의 항균성낙제(抗菌性樂劑)에 대한 내성빈도(耐性頻度) 및 내성정도(耐性程道)를 파악하였으며 내성균(耐性菌)에 있어서는 내성양상(耐性樣相)과 R plasmid의 분포(分布)를 조사(調査)하여 다음과 같은 성적(成績)을 얻었다. 일반세균(一般細菌)은 시료(試料) 81례(例) 모두 양성(陽性)이었으며 대장균군(大腸菌群)은 81례중(例中) 14례(例)(17.3%) 에서만 양성(陽性)이었다. 일반세균수(一般細菌數)의 분포(分布)는 g당(當) 10미만에서부터 1,400,000까지 다양(多樣)하였으며 그 중(中) 100~1,000/g이 34례(例)(42%)로 가장 많았고 대장균군(大腸菌群)에 있어서는 일반세균(一般細菌)의 오염도(汚染度)가 높을수록 분리율(分離率)이 높았으며 총(總) 18개(個) 제조회사중(製造會社中) 6개사(個社)(33.3%)의 제품(製品)에서 양성(陽性)이었다. 공시균(供試菌) 83주중(株中) 41주(株)(49.4%)가 fecal coliform이었다. 공시균(供試菌)에 대한 약제별(藥劑別) 내성균출현율(耐性菌出現率)은 sulfadimethoxine (Sa)에 대해 92.8%로 가장 높았고 다음으로 streptomycin (Sm)에 67.5%, tetracycline (Tc)에 50.6%, kanamycin (Km)에 26.5%, chloramphenicol(Cm)에 18.1%, ampicillin(Am)에 15.7% 순(順)이었으며 nalidixic acid(Na)와 gentamicin (Gm)에는 전주(全株)가 감수성(感受性)이었고 각공시(各供試) 약제(藥劑)에 있어서 non-fecal coliform에 비하여 fecal coliform의 내성균출현율(耐性菌出現率)이 높았다. 공시균(供試菌)의 최소발육저지농도(最小發育沮止濃度)(minimum inhibitory concentration, MIC) 분포(分布)는 Am 및 Km에 대하여 MIC가 이상(以上)인 고도(高度)의 내성(耐性)을 가진 균(菌)이 각각(各各) 7주(株) 및 3주(株)이었으나 대부분의 내성균(耐性菌)은 그 MIC가 이었고, Cm, Sm 및 Tc에 대한 내성균(耐性菌)의 대부분은 에서 의 범위(範圍)이었다. 공시균(供試菌) 83주중(株中) 79주(株)(95.2%)가 공시(供試)한 약제(藥劑) 1종(種) 이상(以上)에 내성(耐性)을 가졌으며 내성형별(耐性型別)로는 SaSm 내성형(耐性型) 및 Sa 단제내성형(單劑耐性型)이 각각(各各) 12주(株)(14.5%)로 가장 많았고 다음으로 SaSmTc형(型) 10주(株)(12%), SaSmTcKm형(型) 7주(株)(8.4%), SaTc형(型) 7주(株)(8.4%) 및 SaSmKm형(型) 6주(株)(7.2%)의 순(順)이었으며 총(總) 19종(種)의 내성형(耐性型)이 관찰되었다. 내성전달시험(耐性傳達試驗) 결과(結果) 내성균(耐性菌) 79주중(株中) 32주(株)(40.5%)가 전달성(傳達性) R plasmid를 보유(保有)하고 있었으며 다제내성균(多劑耐性菌)일수록 내성전달률(耐性傳達率)이 높았다. 공시(供試) 약제별(藥劑別) 내성전달빈도(耐性傳達頻度)는 Am (100%) 및 Cm (80%)에서 매우 높고, 다음으로 Tc (38.1%), Sa (18.2%), Sm (17.9%) 및 Km (4.5%)의 순(順)이었다.

Despite the great importance of chemical insecticides, with the ever increasing resistance of pest insects to chemical insecticides and the growing concern over environmental pollution, it becomes evident that the problem of pest attack on crops cannot be solved by anyone system. Under these circumstances, main pathogens of insects, i.e., viruses, bacteria, fungi and protozoa, have been studied to control many insect pests. Some of these pathogens are now being produced as microbial insecticides at the rate of hundreds of tons per year in the world. Some microbial insecticides are very effective against numerous or target insects under suitable environmental condition, and microbial control has been played an important role in integrated control program. They have many unique properties such as selectivity, multiplication and harmless to higher animals. However, we must be aware also that there are many problems to be solved, such as safety, persistence and difficulty of efficacy, etc_ on the microbial insecticides.

한국산업규격(KS)에서 오징어젓은 오징어 배합비율이 75% 이상으로 정하고 있다. 본 연구는 저염 젓갈을 제조하기 위한 기초연구로 유산균 첨가에 따른 영향을 실험한 결과이다. 면역활성이 있는 기능성 유산균을 오징어젓 및 어리굴젓에 각각 첨가한 후, 냉장 또는 실온에서 45일간 보존하면서 미생물학적, 관능적 품질을 평가하였다. 오징어젓은 실온에서 보관한 경우, 보존기간이 경과하면서 유산균 수는 대체로 증가하였다. 어리굴젓의 경우에도 유산균 첨가 시료에서 실온에 2주간 노출한 경우, 생균수가 약 100배 증가하였다. 한편, 일반세균의 경우에는 유산균 첨가 및 비첨가 대조구 모두 현저한 변화가 없이 일정수준으로 유지되는 것으로 나타났다. 미생물 학적 변화를 바탕으로 판단할 경우 본 시험에 공시된 오징어젓 및 어리굴젓은 유산균 첨가에 의한 현저한 미생물의 증식이나 감소는 수반되지 않으며, 소비자가 통상적으로 섭취하는 기간동안 유산균의 빠른 증식은 물론, 일반세균의 증식억제효과는 기대하기 어려울 것으로 판단된다. 그러나 저염화와 더불어 관능적 품질 향상이 뚜렷하게 나타났으며, 기호성이 우수한 제품의 개발이 가능하다고 판단된다.

Foodborne disease caused by pathogenic bacteria is one of main concerns in food industry. To supply safe food products, chemical and thermal intervention technologies have been widely applied in food industry, however these treatments have their own limitations. The concept of biopreservation has recently received increased attention in response to industrial and consumer demands. The biopreservation technologies mainly include bacteriocin, bacteriophage, bacteriophage-encoded enzymes, and endolysins. Among them, bacteriocins have been widely recognized as a main biopreservative and have also been most studied. Bacteriocins, mainly consisting of antibacterial peptides, may have bactericidal or bacteriostatic effect which could prolong the shelf-life as well as maintain safety of foods. This review article offers a brief research trend about bacteriocins, focusing on microbial food safety. The antimicrobial mechanism of bacteriocins has been discussed and some efforts to inactivate foodborne pathogens have been analyzed in this review article. The challenges facing the application of bacteriocins have also been evaluated. Thus, this review will provide insights for researchers working in bacteriocin as well as industry personnel looking for a new method for fighting foodborne pathogens.

본 연구에서는 대표적인 향신료가공품인 고춧가루, 후춧가루, 생강가루, 마늘가루의 일반세균, 대장균군 및 식중독세균 오염도를 분석하여 시중 유통 중인 향신료 제품의 미생물학적 안전성을 평가하고자 하였다. 본 실험에 사용된 재료는 고춧가루 45건, 후춧가루 28건, 생강가루 29건, 마늘가루 17건, 총 119건의 향신료를 사용하였다. 일반세균, 대장균군 및 식중독 세균은 식품공전에 따라 실험하였으며, B. cereus의 독소 유전자는 PCR을 이용하여 분석하였다. 일반세균수는 HACCP 인증 제품에서 평균 6.2±1.2 log CFU/g, HACCP 미인증 제품에서 평균 5.4±1.8 log CFU/g으로 나타났다. 대장균군 오염도는 HACCP 인증 제품에서 35.1%, HACCP 미인증 제품에서 32.9% 검출되어 HACCP 인증 제품에서 높은 오염도를 나타내었다. Salmonella spp., Listeria monocytogenes, Bacillus cereus, E. coli O157, Yersinia enterocolitica, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Staphylococcus aureus 등 7종의 식중독균을 실험한 결과 17건의 향신료에서 B. cereus가 검출되었다. 또한 HACCP 인증된 37건 중 7건(18.9%), HACCP 미인증 82건 중 10건(11.8%)에서 B. cereus가 검출되었다. 본 실험결과 시중 유통되고 있는 향신료 제품의 경우 HACCP 인증 여부와 관계없이 대장균군 및B. cereus 오염도를 나타내어 향신료 재배에 농산물우수관리 제도를 도입하여 대장균군 등 미생물 오염 원인을 관리하고 기존 HACCP 시스템의 미생물 살균공정 등을 개선하여야 할 것으로 판단되었다.

The main goal of this work was to investigate changes in microbiological quality and dominant bacterial communities present in minimally processed Platycodi radix (Doraji) under vacuum packaging during cold storage using matirix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry fingerprinting. Microbiological analysis of raw Platycodi radix throughout the manufacturing process highlighted the presence of high numbers of total viable cells both before and after storage. Further, the dominant bacterial communities changed during processing and storage, with greater richness detected in Enterobacteriaceae; specifically, Serratia fonticola and Rahnella aquatilis became abundant in Platycodi radix after processing. During storage at 5 and 15℃, the quality diminished and the relative abundance of Leuconostoc spp. increased; Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides and Leuconostoc citreum were the main bacterial communities in decayed Platycodi radix at the end of storage. Microorganisms present in Platycodi radix products during processing and storage are potentially involved in deterioration. The identification of dominant bacteria can be helpful in the effective establishment of packaging and storage conditions to prolong the freshness of minimally processed Platycodi radix products.