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MICROBIOLOGICAL STATUS OF BEEF CARCASS MEAT IN INDONESIA
Author(s) -
MUKARTINI SRI,
JEHNE C.,
SHAY B.,
HARPER C.M.L.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of food safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1745-4565
pISSN - 0149-6085
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-4565.1995.tb00141.x
Subject(s) - slaughter house , veterinary medicine , food science , plate count , biology , zoology , bacteria , medicine , genetics
The microbiological status of beef carcass meat was investigated at a traditional and a semi‐modern abattoir in Indonesia. Carcasses from the traditional abattoir were generally less contaminated than those from the semi‐modern abattoir. The average total aerobic viable bacterial count of carcasses produced at the traditional abattoir, (log 10 3.62/cm 2 ) was found to be significantly lower (p = 0.02) at the semi‐modern abattoir (log 10 4.02/cm 2 ). More than 70% of carcasses at both abattoirs were found to be positive for Escherichia coli (> 10 organisms/cm 2 ), while Salmonellae were found on approximately 15% of carcasses at both locations.