Bacteriological Quality of Buffalo Meat Special Reference to Escherichia Coli
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2001
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Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi
Abstract
India occupies a leading position in the world in terms of livestock population. It has a share of about 50.0 per cent of buffalo (84.51 million) and nearly 15.0 per cent each of cattle (204.52 million) and goat (115.28 million) population of the world. India ranks first in the world in buffalo and goat population and sixth in the population of sheep (50.78 million).
Meat is a high protein source. It is now gaining entry to many of the traditional vegetarian families in India. In addition, India is also emerging as one of the major exporters of meat and meat products. In fact, the export of meat has increased considerably in recent years. This is mainly because Indian meat is Internationally price competitive. Indian meat industry has established lucrative market in the Gulf countries and Malaysia, and has been fetching a substantial amount of foreign exchange.
Commercial organization engaged in meat processing must maintain satisfactory microbiological standards of their products to ensure consumer's safety and protect from spoilage. Such quality control and food safety programme in India appear to be in their infancy. In order to assess the quality of food for consumer's safety, it is essential to examine it for bacteria and food spoilage organisms. Therefore, the present study was undertaken with the objective to assess the hygienic quality and presence of Escherichia coli.
A total of 40 samples of buffalo meat from two different sources of Ranchi town i.e. slaughter house Doranda and Kantatoli were analyzed for bacteriological quality. The result of bacteriological examination has been expressed in log₁0 scale.