5.1. Storage and heat treatment of sausages
A variety of both dry and semi-dry fermented sausages inoculated with E. coli O157:H7 has been stored at different temperatures
ranging from −20 °C to 30 °C for 1 to 13 weeks. The sausages varied in pH from 5.3 to 4.4 and were fermented at different temperatures. Generally, inactivation of E. coli increased with increasing temperature and storage time.