Microbial Contamination Level Profiles Attributed to Contamination of Beef Carcasses, Personnel, and Equipment: Case of Small and Medium Enterprise Slaughterhouses

摘要: The microbial contamination level profiles (MCLPs) attributed to of beef carcasses, personnel, and equipment in five Kenyan small medium enterprise slaughterhouses were determined. Aerobic plate counts, Enterobacteriaceae, Staphylococcus, Salmonella used determine at four different slaughter stages, namely, dehiding, evisceration, splitting, dispatch. Microbiological criteria the microorganisms score levels (CLs) as poor (0), average (1), (2), or good (3). MCLPs further assigned each stage by summing up CL scores. aerobic count was 2 3 for carcasses but 0 personnel almost all slaughterhouses. A on mostly Enterobacteriaceae evisceration dehiding evisceration. In addition, a Staphylococcus dehiding. hands whereas clothes respectively. Although CLs ranged from 3, maximum MCLP 9 only attained two one slaughterhouse There is, therefore, lot room improve their food safety objectives improving management systems points characterized low