Decontamination of ready-to-eat Japanese mustard green (Brassica japonica) from Escherichia coli using slightly acidic electrolyzed water

Issa-Zacharia, A; Kamitani, Y; Kazuo Morita, K; Iwasaki, K

dc.creator	Issa-Zacharia, A
dc.creator	Kamitani, Y
dc.creator	Kazuo Morita, K
dc.creator	Iwasaki, K
dc.date	2017-04-06T08:05:29Z
dc.date	2017-04-06T08:05:29Z
dc.date	2009-09-02
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-25T08:50:47Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-25T08:50:47Z
dc.identifier	1996-0808
dc.identifier	https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1397
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/90628
dc.description	African Journal of Microbiology Research, 2009; 3 (10): 649-653
dc.description	In the present study, slightly acidic electrolyzed water (SAEW: pH 5.6 ± 0.21, 22 ± 1.4 mg/L available chlorine concentration; ACC) was evaluated for decontamination of Japanese mustard green (Brassica japonica) from Escherichia coli (E. coli) and its effectiveness was compared to that of sodium hypochlorite solution (NaOCl solution: pH 9.8±0.01, 110 ± 2.3 mg/L ACC). Decontamination of Japanese mustard green inoculated with E. coli was done by dipping samples into SAEW, NaOCl solution and Tap water (control) with stirring for 2, 5, 10 and 15 min. SAEW achieved E. coli reduction of 1.29 -1.64 log10 CFU/g and was not significantly different from that achieved by NaOCl solution (P > 0.05). Increasing the exposure time did not significantly affect its decontamination effectiveness. The results of current study indicate that SAEW with near neutral pH and low available chlorine concentration could be used as an alternative food sanitizer for NaOCl solution to reduce the population of pathogens from the fruits and vegetables in food industry.
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	en
dc.subject	Slightly acidic electrolyzed water
dc.subject	Ready-to-eat vegetables
dc.subject	Decontamination
dc.subject	Brassica japonica)
dc.title	Decontamination of ready-to-eat Japanese mustard green (Brassica japonica) from Escherichia coli using slightly acidic electrolyzed water
dc.type	Article