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Preliminary Investigation of Bacillus Species in Meat and Meat Products

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Bacteriology, Immunology and Mycology

Abstract

Microbial hazards seem to be the biggest food safety concern. The contamination of meat products with microbial hazards made them unsafe for human consumption and is considered global health. This study was conducted to determine the safety of some meat products in which one hundred and forty samples of processed meat product represented by sausage, minced meat, luncheon, beef meat, and liver that were randomly collected from different supermarkets and shops at Portsaid Egypt to evaluate the occurrence of Bacillus cereus group and Bacillus subtilis microorganisms as a biological hazard.The results revealed that (48) samples (34.2%) positive reactions to B. cereus groups which include(32) B. cereus(22.8%), 7 B. mycoids(5%) and 9 B. thuringiensis(6.4%)) and (11) samples (7.8 %) positive reaction to B. subtilis and with mean values of 1.65x104±1.01x104, 1.23x104±1.13x104, 1.96x104±6.79x103, 1.95x104±1.03x104 and 0.89x104±0.49x104 (cfu/g) of B.cereus in the evaluated samples, respectively. The results detect the presence of microbial hazards in meat products is unavoidable.

DOI

10.21608/scvmj.2021.217923

Keywords

B. cereus, B. subtilis, meat products, microbial hazards

Authors

First Name

Hamza

Last Name

Eid

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Affiliation

Department of Bacteriology, Immunology, and Mycology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, 41522, Egypt

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hamza.eid@vet.suez.edu.eg

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First Name

Reham

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El-Tarabili

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Department of Bacteriology, Immunology, and Mycology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, 41522, Egypt

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First Name

Sabreen

Last Name

Elfouly

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Affiliation

Safe Life Company

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Volume

26

Article Issue

2

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30959

Issue Date

2021-12-01

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2021-10-20

Publish Date

2021-12-31

Page Start

365

Page End

375

Print ISSN

1110-6298

Online ISSN

2682-3284

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https://scvmj.journals.ekb.eg/article_217923.html

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992

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Publication Title

Suez Canal Veterinary Medical Journal. SCVMJ

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https://scvmj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Preliminary Investigation of Bacillus Species in Meat and Meat Products

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22 Jan 2023