However, if growth has occurred during fermentation and the nitrite hurdle disappears, the reduction of Salmonella along ripening and even storage may not be sufficient to guarantee a safe product. In the present study,
Salmonella decreased approximately 2 log cfu/g after fermentation in batches prepared with nitrite and the pathogen was not detected after storage, while inactivation in the absence of nitrite was approximately 0.5 log cfu/g after fermentation and significant levels were detected after 30 days of storage.