EVALUATION OF BACTERIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF PROCESSED CHICKEN
2008
Raji Rose Jacob | C. Sethulekshmi | E. Nanu | B.Sunil
Bacteriological quality of 60 poulfry carcasses selected from a meat processing plant located at Kochi in Kerala was assessed during fhe present investigation. The sample consisted of 30 carcasses each randomly collected after the removal of head and fore feet (AR HF) and after evisceration (AE) to evaluate the bacterial quality as well as isolation and identification of salmonella .The samples were collected and brought to the laboratory in thermocool containers and processed immediately. The samples had an overall mean Coliform count, Escherichia coli count, Total viable count and Faecal streptococcal count of 3.81 ± 0.09 , 0.89 ± 0.23, 5.88 ± 0.13 and 3.89 ± 0.06, 0.89 logo cfu/ cm2 respectively in samples collected from ARHF and 3.92 ± 0.12, 2.15 X ± 0.24, 4.44 X ± 0.10, 3.97 ± 0.071og,o cfu/cm2 respectively in AE samples. The salmonella was isolated from ten per cent carcasses from ARHF and positive isolates belonged to S. enteritidis
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