In the manufacture of dry fermented sausages, the addition of curing agents (salt and nitrate/nitrite), as well as the low pH and water activity (aw) achieved during ripening, act as hurdles for food-poisoning and spoilage bacteria, ensuring the stability and safety of the final product (Vignolo, Fontana, & Fadda, 2010). However, these products may still cause food-borne outbreaks as a result of unsuccessful sausage fermentation in which pH and aw limiting conditions are not properly established, or due to high initial contamination levels of the raw material.