The 2021 FSIS Stabilization Guidelines for Meat and Poultry Products (Appendix B) Option 1.2 limits Phase 1 cooling from 48.8 to 26.7 °C in uncured meats to 1 h. However, this time restriction is impractical to achieve in large-diameter whole-muscle products. The objective of this study was to compare the inhibitory effect of commercial dry vinegars (DVs) and cultured sugar-vinegar blends (CSVs) on Clostridium perfringens and Bacillus cereus in uncured beef and poultry products during extended cooling. Treatments (beef: 72-73% moisture, pH 6.2-6.3, 0.85-0.95% NaCl; turkey: 76-77% moisture, pH 6.5-6.7, 1.3-1.6% NaCl) included Controls without antimicrobials, and four DV and four CSV, each tested at 0.75 and 1.25%. Batches were inoculated with 2.5-log C. perfringens or B. cereus spores, vacuum-packaged, and cooked to 73 °C. Packages were cooled from 48.8 to 27 °C (Phase 1) in 3, 4, or 5 h; Phase 2 (27-12.8 °C) and Phase 3 (12.8-4 °C) were standardized for 5-h cooling each. Pathogens were enumerated on selective agar in triplicate samples assayed at precook, postcook, and at the end of Phase 1, 2, and 3 cooling. Experiments were conducted twice. B. cereus did not grow (<0.5-log increase) in any treatment when Phase 1 cooling was extended to 5 h. C. perfringens grew rapidly (2.5 to >4.5 log) in Control treatments when Phase 1 cooling was extended to ≥3 h. All 1.25% DV ingredients limited C. perfringens growth to ≤1-log when Phase 1 cooling was extended to 3 h but supported a >1-log increase when Phase 1 cooling was extended to 5 h. All 1.25% CSV inhibited growth under 3-h Phase 1 cooling; 1.25% CSV-A and ≥0.75% CSV-D inhibited growth in turkey during 5-h Phase 1 cooling, but inhibition with 1.25% CSV-C was inconsistent in beef. This study revealed that formulating uncured meats with 1.25% DV or certain CSV can extend Phase 1 cooling to 3 h. Although all ingredients inhibited growth when used at 0.75% or greater compared to a control, greater variability of inhibition was observed among CSV than for DV.

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