Assessment of Microbiological Quality and Aflatoxin Levels of Paneer Marketed in Chennai, India
Loading...
Date
2015-04
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Abstract
India is an agrarian country with major proportion o/“population as vegetarian so paneer is of great value in diet with
respect to its food and nutritive value. An attempt was made to evaluate the microbial and toxicity levels of paneer marketed
in Chennai city. For this purpose, 40 samples were collected from the supermarket located in South and North Chennai.
Standard methods were used for both microbiological assessment and aflatoxin identification. All samples were analyzed for presence of E. coli, Salmonella spp., Pseudomonas aureginous, Staphylococcus aureus, total bacterial count and total yeast
and mould count.
Description
Keywords
Veterinary Science, Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology