A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE MICROBIOLOGY OF COMMERCIAL VACUUM PACKAGED AND HANGING BEEF.

Summary

A TOTAL OF 300 SAMPLES WERE ANALYSED; HALF WERE VACUUM PACKAGED AND HALF WERE HANGING BEEF. ALL SAMPLES WERE FOUND TO BE ORGANOLEPTICALLY ACCEPTABLE. THE DATA SHOWED THAT KNOWN OR POTENTIALLY PATHOGENIC BACTERIA WERE NOT FOUND OR THAT THEIR NUMBERS WERE SIMILAR IN BOTH TYPES OF SAMPLES. FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL DETERMINATIONS RELATED TO MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY BUT NOT SAFETY, VACUUM PACKAGED BEEF CONTAINED ON THE AVERAGE HIGHER LEVELS OF AEROBIC PLATE COUNTS 293 K (20C), LACTIC ACID BACTERIA, ENTEROBACTERIACEAE, COLIFORM MPNS, PSEUDOMONAS-ACHROMOBACTER GROUP AND NON-INVASIVE Y. ENTEROCOLITICA.

Details

Original title: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE MICROBIOLOGY OF COMMERCIAL VACUUM PACKAGED AND HANGING BEEF.
Record ID : 1982-0488
Languages: English
Publication date: 1980/08
Source: Source: Proc. 26th eur. Meet. Meat Res. Work., Colo. Springs
vol. 2; n. -11; 290-294; 2 fig.; 3 tabl.; 26 ref.
Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

Indexing

Themes: Food quality and safety. Microbiology;
Packaging;
Meat and meat products
Keywords: Microbiology; Vacuum; Meat; Beef; Organoleptic property; Packaging