Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 6502 S. Archer Rd, Bedford Park, IL 60501, USA.
J Appl Microbiol. 2023 Aug 1;134(8). doi: 10.1093/jambio/lxad160.
Viral diseases can be indirectly transmitted by contaminated non-food contact surfaces to final food products by cross-contamination. The interaction of metal surfaces and viruses, MS2 coliphage and hepatitis A virus (HAV), was investigated for strategy development in decreasing this transmission risk.
MS2 deposited onto stainless-steel surface was stable but inactivated at 0.95 log10 PFU min-1 on 99.9% copper surfaces. Greater copper-inactivation of MS2 was observed in (a) simple media (phosphate buffered saline, PBS) than protein-rich media (beef extract buffer), and (b) acidic than pH ≥ 6.8 environments. Among food matrices (strawberry juices and beef broth), the greatest MS2 inactivation by copper occurred in filtered strawberry juice at pH 3.5. At a reduction of 0.17 log10 PFU min-1, HAV survived longer than MS2 on copper by FRhK-4 cell infectivity assay.
The inactivation of virus on copper surfaces was greater in acidic viral surrounding environments and in simple PBS medium. In the same 99% PBS medium, MS2 may not be an appropriate surrogate for HAV when assessing viral inactivation on copper surfaces.
病毒可通过污染的非食品接触面间接传播至最终食品,造成交叉污染。本研究旨在通过调查金属表面与病毒(MS2 噬菌体和甲型肝炎病毒)之间的相互作用,为降低这种传播风险制定策略。
在 99.9%铜表面,MS2 可在不锈钢表面稳定存在,但以 0.95 log10 PFU min-1 的速度失活。在(a)简单介质(磷酸盐缓冲盐水,PBS)中,而非富含蛋白质的介质(牛肉提取物缓冲液)中,MS2 在铜表面的失活速度更快;(b)在酸性条件(pH 值<6.8)下,MS2 在铜表面的失活速度更快。在草莓汁和牛肉汤等食品基质中,在 pH 值为 3.5 的过滤草莓汁中,铜对 MS2 的灭活效果最佳。采用 FRhK-4 细胞感染试验,与 MS2 相比,HAV 在铜表面的存活时间更长,减少 0.17 log10 PFU min-1。
在酸性病毒环境和简单的 PBS 介质中,病毒在铜表面的失活速度更快。在相同的 99% PBS 介质中,当评估铜表面病毒失活时,MS2 可能不适合作为 HAV 的替代物。