SANITARY STATUS OF MARKETED FROZEN CHICKEN PRODUCTS EXHIBITED IN PRESENTATION FREEZERS

A total of cighty samples of chicken products;20 each of boneless chicken meat, boneless chicken breast, chicken half legs and chicken drum stick were collected form different marketsand examined for the bacteriological status of these products. The obtained results revealed that aerobic plate count, coliforms, enterobacte-raceae and staphylococci mean counts were sig- Mficantly higher in boneless chicken meat fol-Owed by boneless chicken breast then chicken  half leps and finally chicken drum stick samples.‘lmonella infantis could be isolated only from‘ai chicken meat with incidence (5%),Pylobacter jejuni was detected in both mless Chicken meat and breast (5% of each).SOurce Of contamin.,: ;bie stnination to chicken products Mean Calth importan€e of the isolated Ni mine ning aS the SUBBestive measures to Prod, ! 2nd als“tesa 0 lo Safeguard consumers were aul Contamination of chicken.