The effects of 1‰ stabilized liquid solution of chlorine dioxide (ClO2) on some food-born bacteria

Abstract

The conducted research gives an overview of the results obtained after the application of 1‰ solution of stabilized liquid chlorine dioxide on some foodborn related bacteria - E. coli, Staphylococcus aureus, S. Enteritidis and C. jejuni. For this purpose, reference strains of the aforementioned pathogens in decimal dilutions were exposed to 1 ml of 1‰ solution of stabilized liquid chlorine dioxide for one hour. Reduction of bacteria counts per mililitre (CFU/ml) has been noticed for all bacteria, with total reduction of C. jejuni and Staphylococcus aureus in the fourth (1:104), and for S. Enteritidis and E. coli in the sixth (1:106) decimal dilution.