Chicken meat and its products have increased in popu-larity and have become widespread throughout the world, with chicken sausage being one of the most popular cate-gories among these products1. Sausage manufacture in-volves a number of handling steps, which increase the chances of contamination by pathogens or spoilage2. Fresh sausage does not undergo heat treatment and has a highwater activity; giving this food a short shelf life and sub-jecting it directly to the action of the microorganisms pres-ents3.