期刊名称:Boletim Centro de Pesquisa e Processamento de Alimentos
印刷版ISSN:0102-0323
电子版ISSN:1983-9774
出版年度:1999
卷号:17
期号:02
出版社:Centro de Pesquisa e Processamento de Alimentos
摘要:Bovine meat soft salted, known as “carne-de-sol”, a typical northeastern Brazilian product, had its physicochemical (chloride and water activity) and microbiological (aerobic count plate, Staphylococcus aureus and coliforms) characteristics analysed in order to evaluate the sanitary conditions. The analyses revealed that the salt content varied from 3.73 to 9.79% whereas the water activity ranged within 0.898 and 0.959. Such conditions allow the growth of pathogenic microorganisms and consequent bacteria spoilage. The microbiological analyses showed that the presence of mesophilic bacteria in all samples was reaching values above 5 logarithmic cycles. The presence of Staphylococcus aureus was observed in 50% of the samples, being noted values higher than 105 CFU/cm2; the most probable number for fecal coliforms reached levels above 103 MPN/cm2 in 60% of the meat sampled. It may be inferred that this meat product marketed in the city of João Pessoa, Brazil, has been either produced with raw meat of inadequate sanitary conditions or contaminated during the process of production, transportation, storage and commercialization.