Are Antimicrobial Interventions Associated with Heat-Resistant Escherichia coli on Meat?

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作者
Zhang, Peipei [1 ]
Tran, Frances [1 ]
Stanford, Kim [2 ]
Yang, Xianqin [1 ]
机构
[1] Agr & Agrifood Canada, Lacombe, AB, Canada
[2] Alberta Agr & Forestry, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
关键词
D value; Escherichia coli; antimicrobial interventions; beef packing plant; cattle; heat resistance; locus of heat resistance; BEEF CARCASSES; DECONTAMINATING TREATMENTS; THERMAL INACTIVATION; FABRICATION FACILITY; STRESS RESISTANCE; GROUND-BEEF; E; COLI; CONTAMINATION; O157-H7; LOCUS;
D O I
10.1128/AEM.00512-20
中图分类号
Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Decontamination practices, which often involve thermal treatments, are routinely performed in beef packing plants and have generally improved the safety of meat in North America. We investigated whether Escherichia coli in the beef production chain is becoming more heat resistant due to those treatments. Cattle isolates (n = 750) included seven serogroups (O157, O103, O111, O121, O145, O26, and O45) which were collected between 2002 and 2017. Beef plant isolates (n = 700) from carcasses, fabrication equipment, and beef products were included. Heat resistance was determined in Luria-Bertani broth at 60 degrees C and by PCR screening for the locus of heat resistance (LHR). The decimal reduction for E. coli at 60 degrees C (D-60 degrees(C) values) ranged from 0 to 7.54 min, with 97.2% of the values being <2 min. The prevalence of E. coli with D-60 degrees(C) values of >2 min was not significantly different (P> 0.05) among cattle and meat plant isolates. E. coli from equipment before sanitation (median, 1.03 min) was more heat resistant than that after sanitation (median, 0.9 min). No significant difference in D-60 degrees(C) values was observed among E. coli isolates from different years, from carcasses before and after antimicrobial interventions, or from before and during carcass chilling. Of all isolates, 1.97% harbored LHR, and the LHR-positive isolates had greater median D-60 degrees(C) values than the LHR-negative isolates (3.25 versus 0.96 min). No increase in heat resistance in E. coli was observed along the beef production chain or with time. IMPORTANCE The implementation of multiple hurdles in the beef production chain has resulted in substantial improvement in the microbial safety of beef in Canada. In this study, we characterized a large number of Escherichia coli isolates (n = 1,450) from various sources/stages of beef processing to determine whether the commonly used antimicrobial interventions would give rise to heat-resistant E. coli on meat, which in turn may require alternatives to the current control of pathogens and/or modifications to the current cooking recommendations for meat. The findings show that the degree and rate of heat resistance in E. coli did not increase along the production chain or with time. This furthers our understanding of man-made ecological niches that are required for the development of heat resistance in E. coli.
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