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Microbiological Sampling of Poultry Carcasses
Author(s) -
Patterson J. T.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1972.tb03738.x
Subject(s) - contamination , environmental science , diluent , biology , veterinary medicine , food science , chemistry , ecology , medicine , nuclear chemistry
S ummary : The skin contamination of poultry carcasses from 3 different processing plants was found to vary considerably on the 6 different sites sampled. The neck skin and to a less extent the back and near‐vent sites were more heavily contaminated than 2 sites on the leg and 1 under the wing. Significantly ( P < 0·001) lower counts were obtained when the organisms present were recovered at 4° than at 15 or 22°. Swabbing of the skin did not give as good recovery as when the skin sample was removed and shaken in a diluent with an abrasive material, but is adequate to indicate contamination where a nondestructive method is essential. When defrosting frozen carcasses, 2 h on the bench gave as good recovery as carcasses defrosted for 4 h.