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Title Microbial quality of fish in retail trade in Cochin
 
Names Narayanan Nambiar, V.
Mahadeva Iyer, K.
Date Issued 1990 (iso8601)
Abstract Microbial quality of fresh and frozen fish in retail trade in Cochin is presented.
49.4% of the fresh fish and 4.7 % of the frozen fish samples examined had total plate
counts more than 5.0 x 105 g' ‘_ Escherichia coli was detected in 89.8% of the fresh
fish and 86.6 % of the frozen fish, and their numbers were more than 20 g ' 1 in 78.2 and
21.2% of the samples respectively. Faecal streptococci were detected in all the fresh
fish and 87.4 7; of the frozen fish and their numbers were more than 1000g ' 1 in 60.3
and ll % of the samples respectively. Salmonella was detected in 5.8 and 8.7 ‘Z of the
fresh and frozen fish samples respectively.
Genre Article
Identifier Fish Technol.27(1): 51-59