QUALITY ASSURANCE OF A NEW LOCALLY PRODUCED MEAT PRODUCT " BEEF"

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Animal Health Research Institute Dokki- Giza.

Abstract

Twenty random samples of "Beef" were examined ‘for organoleptic, chemical and bacteriological characters. The mean values of pH, moisture, protein, fat, rancidity, nitrites and Nacl were 6.14,60.25, 18.43, 21.04, 0.066, 74.95 and 2.38 respectively. Whereas the mean valucs of APC, enterobacteriacae count and Staph aureus count were 7.8x106, 1.2x104 and 2.8x103 respectively. No salmodellae nor Y.enterocolitica were isolated. Evaluation of the product was done
during storage time.

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