This finding indicates that ozone
exposure continuously eliminated ST on the surface of the
chicken breast samples. Similar to the ST results, gaseous
ozone exposure significantly reduced total aerobic and
anaerobic bacterial counts compared with those of the
nontreatment groups at each time point during 3 days of
storage. Total aerobic (7.26 log cfu/g) and anaerobic bacterial
counts (7.43 log cfu/g) in the ozone treatment groups
were reduced by 0.83 and 0.73 log cfu/g, respectively, at 1
day (P < 0.05).