ABSTRACTSalmonella enteritidisin liquid whole egg (LWE) was inactivated using heat, radiation and thermoradiation (combined heat and radiation). Rates ofSalmonellainactivation were determined as a function of radiation dose, temperature, initial cell number and pH. Thermoradiation caused a greater reduction in viable cell number than either heat or radiation alone. This effect was more pronounced at pH 6.5 than at pH 7.0, and more so at 60°C than at 50°C. The lower the initial cell number, the faster the rate ofSalmonellainactivation. Physical denaturation of LWE was not apparent after thermoradiation below 60°C, and endogenous egg white lysozyme was not affected by thermoradiation (19.5 krad, 60°C) treatm
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