Antibacterial activity of edible filmsAntimicrobial activity of the films was determined by the agardiffusion method according to Pelissari et al. (2009) with somemodifications. Three different pathogenic and spoilage bacteriaincluding S. aureus, L. monocytogenes, S. enteritidis, and E. coli wereused for testing. The bacterial strains were cultured overnight inbrain heart infusion broth (Scharlua, Spain) at 37◦C. The edible filmswere sterilely cut into 6 mm disks and placed on Muller Hinton agarplates, which had been formerly seeded with 0.1 ml of inoculumsby swab including approximately 106CFU/ml of the tested bacte-ria. The diameter of the zone of inhibition (mm) around the discwas measured after 24 h of incubation at 37◦C. Films without OEOwere treated by using the same protocol and were used as control.