CENTRALIZED PACKAGING OF BEEF LOIN STEAKS WITH DIFFERENT OXYGEN-BARRIER FILMS - MICROBIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
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Vacuum packaged beef strip loins (n = 72) were stored (2 1C) for either 0,12 or 24 days before fabrication; steaks were packaged and displayed (2C or 7C) up to 6 days in oxygenpermeable film or up to 30 days in vacuum packages (medium or high oxygenbarrier film). For steaks displayed in oxygenpermeable film, Pseudomonas spp. were a considerable (2549%) or dominant (>50%) part of the microflora. The microflora of vacuumpackaged steaks from 0 day loins was dominated by a combination of hetero and homofermentative Lactobacillus spp.; when vacuumpackaged steaks were from 12 and 24 day loins, the microflora was in most cases dominated by the heterofermentative Lactobacillus cellobiosus. Copyright 1982, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved