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Poultry Processing Line Speeds as Related to Bacteriologic Profile of Broiler Carcasses
Author(s) -
BREWER ROBERT L.,
JAMES WILLIAM O.,
PRUCHA JOHN C.,
JOHNSTON RALPH W.,
ALVAREZ CARLOS A.,
KELLY WILLIAM,
BERGERON EDWARD A.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1995.tb06284.x
Subject(s) - broiler , salmonella , veterinary medicine , zoology , biology , food science , medicine , bacteria , genetics
Aerobic plate counts, Enterobacteriaceae, E. coli counts; and Salmonella prevalence were determined on broiler carcasses obtained in a comtnercial slaughter establishment in Puerto Rico. Samples were obtained from three sites in the production process. Each site represented an end‐point of a discrete segment of the slaughter process. Whole bird carcass rinses (300) were randomly collected over 4 days of production for several linespeeds. Samples were collected for birds processed at 70 birds/min (BPM), 80 BPM, 90 BPM, and three replications of samples at 100 BPM (June 1990 to May 1991). A total of 1,800 carcass rinses were analyzed. Mean bacterial counts and Salmonella prevalence did not change significantly with processing line speeds.