Randomized complete block designs with three replications were utilized to evaluate the effects of fumigation with sulfuryl fluoride (SF) (0, 12, 24, 36 and 72 mg/L), phosphine (PH3) (0, 200 and 1000 ppm at 48 hr), methyl bromide (MB) (0, 4, 8, 16, and 32 mg/L for 48 hr), carbon dioxide (CO2) (0, 60% at 48 hr and 60% at 96 hr) and ozone (O3) (0 ppm and 175 ppm for 48 hr) on the volatile flavor compound concentrations in dry cured ham. Fluoride and SF concentrations increased (P < 0.05) in dry cured hams as SF fumigation concentration increased, but all samples contained fluoride and SF concentrations below the legal limits of 20 and 0.01 ppm, respectively. Also, as phosphine fumigation concentration increased, the residual concentration of phosphine also increased in the hams (P < 0.05), but all samples contained levels that were lower than the legal limit of phosphine in stored food products (0.01 ppm). Minimal differences existed in the presence and concentration of aroma active compounds in fumigated hams when compared to the control. Triangle tests indicated that consumers could not discern (P > 0.75) between the control hams and the fumigated hams. This study revealed that there were minimal aroma/flavor differences among control hams and hams that were fumigated with SF, PH3, MB, CO2 or O3 and that fumigation of dry cured ham with SF and PH3 were safe and met legal requirements for consumption. This reveals that SF, PH3, CO2 and O3 could be tested at the industrial level to determine their efficacy as potential alternatives to methyl bromide to treat dry cured hams for insect pests.

Les travaux présentés dans ce manuscrit sont consacrés à l’étude de la spectroscopie FTIR à très haute résolution de la molécule de fluorure de sulfuryle SO2F2 qui est apparu récemment comme un polluant atmosphérique important. Une très bonne modélisation de son spectre d’absorption est donc essentielle pour les mesures de concentration atmosphérique.Ce manuscrit comporte cinq parties. La première partie de ce travail de thèse concerne les propriétés de la molécule du fluorure de sulfuryle. La deuxième partie décrit le modèle théorique (formalisme tensoriel, Hamiltonien et moment dipolaire effectifs) que nous avons utilisé pour effectuer les analyses. La troisième partie expose les conditions expérimentales des différents spectres que nous avons enregistré à la ligne AILES du synchrotron SOLEIL à Saint-Aubin (Paris). La quatrième partie décrit le logiciel C2vTDS et enfin dans la cinquième partie, nous présentons les résultats des différentes analyses.Cette thèse a été effectuée au sein du Groupe de Spectrométrie Moléculaire et Atmosphérique (GSMA) de l’Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne et au Laboratoire Dynamique Moléculaire et Matériaux Photoniques (LDMMP) à l’Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs de l’Université de Tunis. / The work presented in this manuscript is devoted to the study of very high resolution FTIR spectroscopy of the molecule of sulfuryl fluoride, SO2F2, which recently appeared as an important atmospheric pollutant. However, a very good modeling of its absorption spectrum is essential for atmospheric concentration measurements.This manuscript has five parts. The first part deals with the properties of the molecule of sulfuryl fluoride. The second part describes the theoretical model (tensor formalism and effective Hamiltonian and dipole moment) that we used to perform the analyzes. The third part presents the experimental conditions of the different spectra that we recorded at the AILES line of the SOLEIL synchrotron at Saint-Aubin (Paris). The fourth part describes the software C2vTDS and finally in the fifth part we present the results of the different analyzes.This thesis was performed in the Molecular and Atmospheric Spectrometry Group (GSMA) of the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne and the Laboratory of Molecular Dynamics and Photonic Materials (LDMMP - ENSIT) of the University of Tunis.