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| Field | Value |
| Title | Major microbial contamination points (MMP) in fish curing environments of india's andhra coast |
| Names |
Prasad, M.M.
Seenayya, G. |
| Date Issued | 1998 (iso8601) |
| Abstract | Fishes after harvest are contaminated with undesirable microorganisms during the stages of handling and curing. The microbial status of three environmental areas like drying ground, soil and sea-sand was assessed to determine the major microbial contamination points (MMP). Certain physical, chemical and microbial quality parameters of the cured fish from the same sites have also been reported. Occurrence of faecal streptooocci in more numbers and from more sites than coliforms suggests that they are better indicators of sanitary conditions. Coagulase positive staphylooocci were found to occur from drying grounds, soil and in cured product samples. Eighty percent of the cured product samples harboured this bacterium with a mean count of 1.48 log10 cfu/g of the sample. The order of occurance of different bacteria from three MMP was found to be drying ground, soil and sea-sand, except faecal coliforms in sea-sand and coagulase positive stophylococci in soil and sea-sand sources. |
| Genre | Article |
| Topic | Microbial contamination points |
| Identifier | Journal of Food Science and Technology 1998: 35(5), 458-460 |