The inoculated meat was blended with a Stomacher 400 for 5 min to ensure even distribution of sodium nitrite and the organisms in the meat samples.
The study shows that the kinetic and growth parameters obtained from this study can be used in evaluating growth of C. perfringens from spore populations during dynamically changing temperature conditions such as those encountered in meat processing. Further, this model can be successfully used to design microbiologically “safe” cooling regimes for cured pork hams and similar products.
