Marination as a Hurdle to Microbial Pathogens and Spoilers in Poultry Meat Products: A Brief Review

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

see the file

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

Thank you very much for your valuable comments. 

All queries were addressed in the revised manuscript.

Reviewer 2 Report

The manuscript entitled “Marination as a hurdle to microbial pathogens and spoilers in poultry meat products: A brief review” has scientific merit, but the writing quality is inappropriate. I recommend not publishing the manuscript in its present form. The authors can rewrite the manuscript according to the following suggestions and resubmit: 

Abstract

-In lines 11-12: Please use the italic form of Campylobacter and Salmonella

Introduction

-In line 83: Salmonella Typhimurium and S. Enteritidisà should be italic …Check these for the full manuscript

-In line 87: Is the number 52.702 or 52,702? Please check.

-Section 1.3: Food loss and spoilage bacteriaà There is a lack of information in this section about spoilage bacteria and their impacts. Please improve the section. 

The introduction section needs improvement. The authors added much background information yet did not focus on their goal ideally. No information about marination or its intended uses is mentioned in the introduction. The introduction section should be self-explanatory, considering the objectives of the review. The novelty and objectives of the review should be adequately discussed with literature data in the introduction section. 

-Table 1: The reference number jump from 51, 52 in section 2 to 94 in table 1. Please check this.

-There should be a table for the antimicrobial activity of wine, like tables 2 and 3.

A section on Mechanisms of antimicrobial activities of the Marination process is necessary to explain the process better.

A separate section of Recommendations is necessary. The authors only discuss some antimicrobial agent and their pros and cons. However, the authors should summarize their study and state their recommendation for the future use of marination. 

References 

The citation and references need to be rechecked. Many references are not appropriately cited in the text; some references do not match the journal style. 

Overall Comments:

There are some grammatical errors and typos. The authors should thoroughly recheck the manuscript.

Author Response

Thank you very much for your comments. They were very relevant for us to improve the quality of the manuscript.
All your questions were taken into consideration.
Regarding the section of Recommendations, since it is not common in articles published in this journal, we have tried to incorporate it in the conclusion.
Regarding the section on "Mechanisms of antimicrobial activities of the Marination process", these mechanism will depend on the different constituents and other coupled preservation methods, so the type of combinations is infinite and it is also difficult to access potential synergisms.

Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

Accept in the present form

Author Response

Thank you for your time and effort in improving this manuscript.

Reviewer 2 Report

The authors revised the manuscript thoroughly and improved it significantly. There are a few grammatical errors and typos. It could be accepted after a thorough check.  

Author Response

Thank you for your time and effort in improving this manuscript.