Prevalence and Microbial Flora of Chicken Slaughtering and Processing Procedure

Seol, Kuk-Hwan,Han, Gi-Sung,Kim, Hyoun Wook,Chang, Oun-Ki,Oh, Mi-Hwa,Park, Beom-Young,Ham, Jun-Sang Korean Society for Food Science of Animal Resource 2012 한국축산식품학회지 Vol.32 No.6

This study has been performed to measure the prevalence and microbial flora on chicken slaughtering as well as the processing process from the months of October to November. Whole-chicken rinsing technique was used in order to analyze the incidence of microorganisms on chicken carcass at the stage before chilling (after evisceration), after chilling and after cutting. The swab technique was used on processing the processed samples, such as working plates and cutting knives. Brine and cooling water from four cooling tubs were taken from each processing processes and were used as samples. Furthermore, the matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI MS) for whole cell fingerprinting in combination with a dedicated bioinformatic software tool was used to identify the isolated microorganisms. Of the tested samples and processes, brine ($4.50{\pm}0.64$ Log CFU/mL) and chicken carcass before chilling ($4.15{\pm}0.46$ Log CFU/mL) showed the highest population of microorganisms; the predominant microbial flora of them were Moellerella wisconsensis (54.84%), a member of the Enterobacteriaceae family, and Escherichia coli (60.36%), respectively. However, the predominant microbial flora of cut carcass was changed to Staphylococcus aureus (27.32%), which is a kind of pathogenic microorganism that can cause a food-borne illness. Therefore, the slaughtering and processing procedure of chicken are needed to be controlled more hygienically.

Effect of Medicinal Plant Extract Incorporated Carrageenan Based Films on Shelf-Life of Chicken Breast Meat

Kuk Hwan Seol,Beom Jin Joo,Hyoun Wook Kim,Oun Ki Chang,Jun Sang Ham,Mi Hwa Oh,Beom Young Park,Moo Ha Lee 한국축산식품학회 2013 한국축산식품학회지 Vol.33 No.1

This study was performed to examine the possibility of water extracts for several medicinal plants, such as Amomum tsaoko, Alpinia oxyphylla, and Citrus unshiu, as an active packaging ingredient for prevention of lipid oxidation. Chicken breast meats were packed with medicinal plant extracts incorporated carrageenan based films and their physico-chemical and microbial properties during storage at 5℃ were investigated. In chicken meat samples packed with A. tsao-ko (TF) or A. oxyphylla (OF) extract incorporated carrageenan based films, pH value, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), and the population of total microbes were significantly lower than those of the negative control (film of no extract was incorporated, CF) after 5 d of storage (p

Determination of Optimal Storage Condition for Pre-packed Hanwoo Loin

Seol, Kuk-Hwan,Park, Tu San,Oh, Mi-Hwa,Park, Beom-Young,Cho, Seong In,Lee, Mooha Korean Society for Food Science of Animal Resource 2013 한국축산식품학회지 Vol.33 No.3

The aim of this study was to determine the optimal storage condition of pre-packed Hanwoo beef without freezing. Hanwoo loin was purchased from a local distributor at 48 h after slaughter, then sliced in $1.5{\pm}0.5$ cm thickness, and packed in a polyethylene (PE) tray covered with linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) film. The studied factors to set the optimal storage condition were chamber temperature (5, 2.5 and $-1^{\circ}C$ for 14 d), cooling method (direct and indirect cooling system), and ultraviolet (UV) light irradiation for beef surface sterilization (0, 30, 60, and 120 min). The changes of pH, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and number of aerobic bacteria were measured during storage. Beef samples stored in $-1^{\circ}C$ showed the minimal increasing rate in TBARS and microbial growth. After 15 d of storage, there was no significant difference in pH and TBARS values. However, the microbial population of beef stored in direct type cooling chamber ($4.25{\pm}0.66$ Log CFU/g) was significantly lower than that of beef stored in indirect type chamber ($6.47{\pm}0.08$ Log CFU/g) (p<0.05). After 4 d of storage, 60 or 120 min UV light irradiated beef samples showed significantly lower microbial population, and at 14 d of storage, 60 min UV irradiated beef sample showed significantly lower microbial population ($3.14{\pm}0.43$ Log CFU/g) than control ($4.46{\pm}0.13$ Log CFU/g) (p<0.05). However, TBARS values of 60 or 120 min UV light irradiated beef samples were significantly higher than non-irradiated beef sample after 4 d of storage (p<0.05).

Effect of Medicinal Plant Extract Incorporated Carrageenan Based Films on Shelf-Life of Chicken Breast Meat

Seol, Kuk-Hwan,Joo, Beom-Jin,Kim, Hyoun Wook,Chang, Oun-Ki,Ham, Jun-Sang,Oh, Mi-Hwa,Park, Beom-Young,Lee, Mooha Korean Society for Food Science of Animal Resource 2013 한국축산식품학회지 Vol.33 No.1

This study was performed to examine the possibility of water extracts for several medicinal plants, such as Amomum tsao-ko, Alpinia oxyphylla, and Citrus unshiu, as an active packaging ingredient for prevention of lipid oxidation. Chicken breast meats were packed with medicinal plant extracts incorporated carrageenan based films and their physico-chemical and microbial properties during storage at $5^{\circ}C$ were investigated. In chicken meat samples packed with A. tsao-ko (TF) or A. oxyphylla (OF) extract incorporated carrageenan based films, pH value, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), and the population of total microbes were significantly lower than those of the negative control (film of no extract was incorporated, CF) after 5 d of storage (p<0.05). Especially, TBARS value of TF ($0.12{\pm}0.01$ mg malonaldehyde/kg meat) was significantly lower than chicken meat samples packed with positive control (ascorbic acid incorporated film, AF, $0.16{\pm}0.01$ mg malonaldehyde/kg meat) at 3 d of storage, and it means TF has enough antioxidative activity to prevent the lipid oxidation of chicken meat. However, there was no consistent effect on VBN values of chicken meats packed with medicinal plant extracts incorporated films during storage. Based on the obtained results, it is considered that A. tsao-ko extract has potential for being used as a natural antioxidant ingredient in active packaging areas.

Prevalence and Microbial Flora of Chicken Slaughtering and Processing Procedure

Kuk Hwan Seol,Gi Sung Han,Hyoun Wook Kim,Oun Ki Chang,Mi Hwa Oh,Beomyoung Park,Jun Sang Ham 한국축산식품학회 2012 한국축산식품학회지 Vol.32 No.6

This study has been performed to measure the prevalence and microbial flora on chicken slaughtering as well as the processing process from the months of October to November. Whole-chicken rinsing technique was used in order to analyze the incidence of microorganisms on chicken carcass at the stage before chilling (after evisceration), after chilling and after cutting. The swab technique was used on processing the processed samples, such as working plates and cutting knives. Brine and cooling water from four cooling tubs were taken from each processing processes and were used as samples. Furthermore, the matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI MS) for whole cell fingerprinting in combination with a dedicated bioinformatic software tool was used to identify the isolated microorganisms. Of the tested samples and processes, brine (4.50±0.64 Log CFU/mL) and chicken carcass before chilling (4.15±0.46 Log CFU/mL) showed the highest population of microorganisms; the predominant microbial flora of them were Moellerella wisconsensis (54.84%), a member of the Enterobacteriaceae family, and Escherichia coli (60.36%), respectively. However, the predominant microbial flora of cut carcass was changed to Staphylococcus aureus (27.32%), which is a kind of pathogenic microorganism that can cause a food-borne illness. Therefore, the slaughtering and processing procedure of chicken are needed to be controlled more hygienically.

The Effect of the Water Extracts of Digestive Medicinal Plants on the Shelf-life of Pork Patties

Seol, Kuk-Hwan,Seol, Hyun-Chul,Prayad, Thirawong,Kim, Hyoun-Wook,Jang, Ae-Ra,Ham, Jun-Sang,Oh, Mi-Hwa,Kim, Dong-Hun,Lee, Moo-Ha Korean Society for Food Science of Animal Resource 2011 한국축산식품학회지 Vol.31 No.1

This study was performed to examine the possibility of water extracts of several digestive medicinal plants (DMPEs), such as Amomum tasoko, Alpinia oxyphylla, Citrus unshiu, and Myristica fragrans, as a natural antioxidant. Total phenol contents of each extract were expressed as gallic acid equibalents (GAE) and those were significantly different among A. tasoko ($39.87{\pm}5.77$ mg GAE/g), A. oxyphylla ($30.28{\pm}3.36$ mg GAE/g), C. unshiu ($28.13{\pm}5.01$ mg GAE/g) and M. fragrans ($6.36{\pm}0.30$ mg GAE/g) (p<0.05), and extract of A. tasoko showed significantly higher antioxidative effect than butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) on linoleic acid peroxidation at 72 h after incubation (p<0.05). Addition of extracts in pork patties did not affect the pH value and total microbes during cold storage. However, thiobarbituric acid reative substances (TBARS) of treated patties were lower in dose dependant manner than that of control as storage period increased (except patties treated with C. unshiu extract), and patties treated with 0.5% A. tasoko extract showed no significant difference with patties treated with 0.5% BHA at day 7.

Assessment of the Inhibitory Activity of Peptide Extracts from Hanwoo Musculus Longissimus on Angiotensin I-Converting Enzyme

Seol, Kuk-Hwan,Song, Ji-Hye,Prayad, Thirawong,Kim, Hyoun-Wook,Jang, Ae-Ra,Ham, Jun-Sang,Oh, Mi-Hwa,Kim, Dong-Hun,Lee, Moo-Ha Korean Society for Food Science of Animal Resource 2011 한국축산식품학회지 Vol.31 No.5

This study was performed to measure the angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory activity of peptide extracts derived from the enzymatic proteolysis of Hanwoo Musculus longissimus (M. longissimus) during cold storage. Thermolysin (80 ppm, w/w) and protease type XIII (100 ppm, w/w) were injected separately or in combination for the enzymatic proteolysis of sarcoplasmic and myofibrillar proteins prior to storage at $5^{\circ}C$ (T1) or at $-1^{\circ}C$ (T2) in a chilling room for 9 days. Beef injected with thermolysin (E2) and thermolysin+protease type XIII (E3) showed a significantly higher degree of hydrolysis at both storage temperatures (p<0.05). During the storage period, T1E2 at day 6 and T1E3 at day 9 showed the strongest ACE inhibitory activity with sarcoplasmic and myofibrillar protein proteolysates. Macromolecules greater than 10,000 Da were removed by ultra filtration, and the filtrates were separated into fractions using gel filtration. Five and three major fractions were collected from S-T1E2-6 and M-T1E3-9 extracts, respectively, and the $4^{th}$ fraction of the S-T1E2-6 extracts showed the highest ACE inhibitory rate of $61.96{\pm}7.41%$.

Determination of Optimal Storage Condition for Pre-packed Hanwoo Loin

Kuk Hwan Seol,Tu San Park,Mi Hwa Oh,Beom Young Park,Seong In Cho,Moo Ha Lee 한국축산식품학회 2013 한국축산식품학회지 Vol.33 No.3

The aim of this study was to determine the optimal storage condition of pre-packed Hanwoo beef without freezing. Hanwoo loin was purchased from a local distributor at 48 h after slaughter, then sliced in 1.5±0.5 cm thickness, and packed in a polyethylene (PE) tray covered with linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) film. The studied factors to set the optimal storage condition were chamber temperature (5, 2.5 and -1oC for 14 d), cooling method (direct and indirect cooling system), and ultraviolet (UV) light irradiation for beef surface sterilization (0, 30, 60, and 120 min). The changes of pH, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and number of aerobic bacteria were measured during storage. Beef samples stored in -1oC showed the minimal increasing rate in TBARS and microbial growth. After 15 d of storage, there was no significant difference in pH and TBARS values. However, the microbial population of beef stored in direct type cooling chamber (4.25±0.66 Log CFU/g) was significantly lower than that of beef stored in indirect type chamber (6.47±0.08 Log CFU/g) (p<0.05).

냉장고 내 온도와 상대습도가 포장 한우 등심의 품질 및 저장 특성에 미치는 영향

설국환(Kuk-Hwan Seol),김기현(Ki Hyun Kim),김영화(Young Hwa Kim),염경은(Kyung Eun Youm),이무하(Mooha Lee) 충남대학교 농업과학연구소 2014 농업과학연구 Vol.41 No.4

본 연구에서는 포장 한우 등심의 저장 시 각각 다른 저장고 내 온도와 상대습도가 저장 기간별 이화학적 품질과 저장성에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. 한우 등심의 냉장저장 시 저장온도와 상대습도는 육색을 포함한 식육의 품질특성에 영향을 미치며, 식육의 지방산패와 미생물 증식속도에도 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과 포장된 한우육의 저장 시 온도를 낮추며 상대습도를 55% 수준으로 유지하는 것이 품질을 유지하면서 저장기간을 연장하는데 도움이 되는 것으로 사료되며, 추후 온?습도 뿐 만 아니라 저장고 내의 여러 조건들의 조절을 통하여 소비자가 고품질의 한우육을 장기간 보관하며 섭취할 수 있는 방안을 제시하는 것이 향후 한우 소비의 증진을 위해 필요할 것으로 사료된다. This study was carried out to determine the effect of storage condition, such as temperature or relative humidity (RH) in home-style refrigerator, on the change of quality traits and storage characteristics of Hanwoo M. longissimus to find out the condition for prolongation of shelf-life with maintaining the meat quality for consumers. Samples were sliced in 1±0.2 cm thickness, and packed in foamed polystyrene tray with linear low-density polyethylene (LLD-PE) film to simulate the pre-packed Hanwoo loin sold in retail market, then stored in home-style refrigerator (5℃/17% RH, Control), and chambers of 5℃/55% RH (T1), 5℃/85% RH (T2), and ?1℃/99% RH (T3), respectively. Quality traits (color, pH, water holding capacity, shear force and grilling loss) and storage characteristics (thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, volatile basic nitrogen and total microbes) were measured at 1, 4, 7, 14 and 21 days after storage. Lightness of Hanwoo loin stored in T1, T2 and T3 were higher than that of control until 14 days of storage, however at the end of storage (21 days) control showed significantly higher than other treatments (p<0.05). Redness and Yellowness of Hanwoo loin samples stored in T1 and T3 were significantly higher than others during all storage period (p<0.05). The water holding capacity (WHC) of control was significantly higher than others until 14 days of storage (p<0.05), however, Hanwoo loin stored in T2 was the highest (63.64±7.62 kg/cm²) at 21 days of storage. Hanwoo loin stored in T1 showed significantly lower shear force than others during all storage period (p<0.05). There was no consistent tendency in pH and grilling loss during storage in all treatments. Hanwoo loin stored in T1 showed lower TBARS value than others during storage period, however there was a rapid increase to 0.34±0.27 mg malonaldehyde/kg meat at 21 days of storage. And, all the treated samples (from T1 to T3) showed significantly lower VBN values at 21 days of storage (p<0.05). The population of total aerobic microbes were significantly increased in all treatments as storage period increasing, and the population of T3 (2.28±0.57 logCFU/g) was the lowest at 21 days of storage (p<0.05). From those results, it could be predicted the better storage condition to maintain the meat quality and prolong the shelf-life of Hanwoo loin by lowering the temperature and adjusting the humidity about 55%.

닭 도계 및 가공공정 중 유해미생물의 분포와 항생제 감수성

설국환(Kuk-Hwan Seol),김기현(Ki Hyun Kim),조수미(Su-Mi Jo),김영화(Young Hwa Kim),김현욱(Hyun-Wook Kim),함준상(Jun-Sang Ham) 충남대학교 농업과학연구소 2015 농업과학연구 Vol.42 No.1

This study was performed to analyze the distribution and antimicrobial resistance of pathogenic microorganisms isolated from the carcass and environments of chicken processing plant located in Gyeonggi province from October to November in 2010. Chicken slaughterhouse was visited 3 times and totally 40 samples were collected from chicken carcass before and after washing (n=14), chicken cuts (n=7), cooling water (n=8), brine (n=2), cutting knives (n=7) and working plate (n=2). Whole-chicken rinsing technique (for chicken carcasses) and swab technique (for working plate and knives) were used to analyze the distribution of pathogenic microorganisms. In addition, brine and chilling water from storage tanks were gathered using sterilized tubes and used as samples. The matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI MS) for whole cell fingerprinting in combination with a dedicated bioinformatic software tool was used to identify the isolated microorganisms. The pathogenic microorganisms, such as Bacillus cereus (n=8) and Staphylococcus aureus (n=9), were isolated form the chicken processing process (chicken carcasses of before and after chilling, chicken cuts, and working plate). The antimicrobial susceptibility of those isolated microorganisms was analyzed using 21 antimicrobial agents. In the case of B. cereus, it showed 100% of resistance to subclasses of penicillins and peptides, and it also resistant to cephalothin, a member of critically important antimicrobials (CIA), however there was no resistance (100% susceptible) to vancomycin and chloramphenicol. S. aureus showed 100% resistance to subclasses of peptides and some of penicillins (penicillin and oxacillin), however, it showed 100% susceptibility to cephalosporins (cefazolin and cephalothin). All of the tested pathogens showed multi drug resistance (MDR) more than 4 subclasses and one of B. cereus and S. aureus showed resistance to 9 subclasses. After the ban on using the antimicrobials in animal feed in July 2011, there would be some change in microbial distribution and antimicrobial resistance, and it still has a need to be analyzed.