It is considered that the main
reason for the absence of BA in the finished sausages was the use of
the starter culture which was comprised of LAB strains previously
proven as non-BA-producers; such an effect was also reported
previously (Bover-Cid et al., 2001). The LAB starter strains were
obviously very competitive and grew very well in the sausages
(Table 1), which probably resulted in suppression of growth and/or
amine production of wild microbiota in control (untreated) sausages.
In sausages produced with decontaminated beef, this effect
was additionally enhanced by elimination of a significant proportion
of the wild microbiota,