MICROBIOLOGICAL STATUS OF BEEF CARCASS MEAT IN INDONESIA |
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| Authors: | SRI MUKARTINI C JEHNE B SHAY CML HARPER |
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| Affiliation: | School of Public Health Faculty of Health Queensland University of Technology Locked Bag No. 2 Red Hill QLD 4059, Queensland, Australia;CSIRO Division of Food Science and Technology Brisbane Laboratory PO Box 12 Cannon Hill QLD 4170, Queensland, Australia |
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| Abstract: | 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, (log10 3.62/cm2) was found to be significantly lower (p = 0.02) at the semi-modern abattoir (log10 4.02/cm2). More than 70% of carcasses at both abattoirs were found to be positive for Escherichia coli (> 10 organisms/cm2), while Salmonellae were found on approximately 15% of carcasses at both locations. |
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