Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-9600
ISSN: 2155-9600
Yousef Elshrek and Iman Ben Hamza
Agriculture University of Tripoli Libya, Libya Microbiological Department of Environment General Authority -Tripoli Libya, University of Tripoli Libya, Libya
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Nutr Food Sci
The microbiological quality of fresh beef sausages collected from different Tripoli regions was investigated. Thus, one hundred samples were analyzed microbiologically. The results showed that all samples were highly contaminated with bacteria. The mean of total plate count for (Al margaz ) sausage samples values for all regions covered by the study was 2.5x108CFU/g. their averages were from 7x104 to 7.5x109CFU/g, with no significant differences at level (P< 0.05) between the regions of study. The general means of the most probable number of Coliforms for all regions of the study was 1.4x103Cell/g. and ranging from 1.6x102 to 2.4x103cell/g. there were significant differences at level (P< 0.01). The percentage of Escherichia coli that contaminated and were isolated from the sausage samples from Tripoli city butchers, was 81%, with no significant differences at level (P< 0.01) between regions of study. The percentage of E. coli 0157: H7 that contaminated and was isolated from the sausage samples collected from meat shops in Tripoli. were 48% with no significant differences at level (P< 0.05) between all regions of study.
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