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• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
  • A23B—PRESERVATION OF FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES
  • A23B2/00—Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general
  • A23B2/10—Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general by treatment with pressure variation, shock, acceleration or shear stress
  • A23B2/103—Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general by treatment with pressure variation, shock, acceleration or shear stress using sub- or super-atmospheric pressures, or pressure variations transmitted by a liquid or gas
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
  • A23B—PRESERVATION OF FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES
  • A23B11/00—Preservation of milk or dairy products
  • A23B11/10—Preservation of milk or milk preparations
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
  • A23B—PRESERVATION OF FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES
  • A23B11/00—Preservation of milk or dairy products
  • A23B11/10—Preservation of milk or milk preparations
  • A23B11/12—Preservation of milk or milk preparations by heating
  • A23B11/123—Preservation of milk or milk preparations by heating in packages
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
  • A23C—DAIRY PRODUCTS, e.g. MILK, BUTTER OR CHEESE; MILK OR CHEESE SUBSTITUTES; MAKING OR TREATMENT THEREOF
  • A23C2210/00—Physical treatment of dairy products
  • A23C2210/15—High pressure treatment
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
  • A23V—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND LACTIC OR PROPIONIC ACID BACTERIA USED IN FOODSTUFFS OR FOOD PREPARATION
  • A23V2002/00—Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs

Definitions

• the invention relates to the field of commercial food manufacture.
• the invention relates to high pressure processing of dairy foods.
• Nutritional value and product safety are two of the most important factors influencing food consumer choices at the present time, as well as being of significant importance to food producers and distributors.
• one of the long-term goals is to assure food safety and extend product shelf life while retaining the characteristics of fresh, preservative-free, and minimally processed foods.
• High-pressure processing involves application of a high hydrostatic pressure to foods susceptible to decomposition. HPP can inactivate spoiling and/or pathogenic microorganisms.
• HPP heat pasteurisation and other thermal processing technologies
• An advantage of HPP over heat pasteurisation and other thermal processing technologies is the even and instantaneous distribution of pressure energy throughout the product. Because the high pressure is applied to the dairy food in its final packaging, the product is not subject to post-processing contamination with spoiling or pathogenic microorganisms, resulting in a product with a longer shelf life than products that are heat pasteurised and subsequently packaged.
• Another advantage of high pressure processing is that microorganisms can be eliminated while maintaining the 'fresh' flavour, quality, texture and other sensory properties of the food product, because it is not heat treated.
• High pressure processing uses pressures up to 900 MPa (c. 9000 atmospheres, c. 135 000 pounds per square inch) to kill many of the microorganisms found in foods, even at room temperature 1 . While considerable experimental data has been produced, it was not until the early 1990s that the first commercial food applications of HPP were seen 2 . There are considerable engineering challenges involved in generating and containing the immense pressures in a vessel suitable for food products on a repeatable basis necessary for commercial production.
• HPP Unlike other food processing methods, such as heat pasteurisation or other thermal processing, HPP has had a somewhat limited application to date. As yet, HPP has not been universally applied to all food types on a commercial scale. Some animal and dairy products and shelf-stable low-acid foods cannot be readily treated with HPP on a commercial scale because of the difficulties associated with the engineering of the process, protection of microorganisms by the food matrix and pressure resistant spores that are often present in these products. Indeed, the problem of eliminating some pathogenic microorganisms in commercial dairy and other animal-based food production processes remains a significant challenge for the technology today.
• a process for reducing the level of active spoilage micro-organisms in commercial dairy products comprising the steps of: (a) applying a source of high hydrostatic pressure of at least 5200 Bar to the dairy product for a first period of time; (b) removing the source of pressure from the dairy product; (c) reapplying the source of pressure to the dairy product for a second period of time; and optionally repeating steps (a) to (c).
• the maximum hydrostatic pressure applied is 6000 Bar or greater.
• first and second periods of time are between 60 and 150 seconds, preferably 90 to 120 seconds; and where the source of pressure is removed for a time period of between 1 to 10 seconds, preferably 5 seconds.
• the invention is embodied in a high pressure process that has been developed for the treatment of raw milk, particularly for bovine milk, to render it microbiologically safe and stable for a commercially viable time period under refrigeration. It will be appreciated that this embodiment is by way of example only and the inventive process could be used to treat a wide range of other dairy products, and food products generally.
• HPP high pressure processing
• pressure can be applied up to about 6000 Bar.
• results at 3 minutes showed a kill of pathogenic bacteria, with logio reductions of between 2x and 3x for Salmonella and Staphylococcus at four minutes, and 3 to 4 logio reduction for Listeria. Results at four minutes were slightly better than at three minutes treatment (approximately 1 logio). Taken together, these results were not sufficient to demonstrate equivalence to heat pasteurisation, in which a 5 logio reduction is achieved.
• the raw milk used was incidentally contaminated with >1 ,100 coliforms and E. coli. These bacteria were not detected in the non- inoculated HP processed control sample, demonstrating at least a logio reduction of 3.
• a further pathogen challenge test was conducted on five replicates using two new test processes: i. An 'extended' treatment of 6000 Bar/ 90 seconds for 15 minutes; and ii. A 'cycled' treatment process at 6000 Bar for 90 seconds, repeated once immediately.
• shelf life testing yielded a potential shelf life of greater than 42 days at 5°C, and a longer shelf life than that achieved using the 3 minute standard cycle, an superior to those obtained at 4000 Bar and at 5000 Bar, both of which indicated microbiological spoilage at approximately 23 days.
• Campylobacter jejuni A further trial was conducted, with the objective to test for the first time the impact on Campylobacter jejuni. Under these test conditions, Campylobacter demonstrated a degree of resistance to high pressure with a log reduction of 1 .2.

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