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Bacterial Quality of Ready to Eat Meals Provided In Food Serving Establishments In Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Food safety / meat quality

Abstract

A total of 210 random ready to eat food samples represented by thirty samples each of (beef kabab, chicken kabab, grilled chicken, chicken shawarma, roasted chicken, tehena salad and green salad) beside Sixty swabs collected from the hands of employee and surfaces (30 of each) were collected from different restaurants in Dammam city, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). All samples were subjected to bacteriological examinations beside measuring pH values and recording the temperature of cooked food samples to evaluate their safety and fitness for human consumption. The obtained results showed that almost all of the examined samples constitute bacteriological problems in terms of aerobic plate count, Coliforms count, Faecal Coliforms count and isolation of E. coli, Salmonella, and Staphylococcus aureus. Different strains of E.coli and Salmonellae had been isolated in 40, 6.66% of chicken shawarma samples, respectively. There was negative correlation between temperatures of the cooked products with the different bacteriological attributes of cooked food samples. Meanwhile, there was strong positive correlation between pH with the different bacteriological attributes of cooked food samples.

DOI

10.21608/vmjg.2016.365339

Keywords

Quality, Ready to eat, Meat meals, food serving establishments, bacteriological examination

Authors

First Name

Sameer

Last Name

Al-Zayer

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Department of Food Hygiene and Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

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First Name

Abdelsalam

Last Name

Abdelsalam

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Department of Food Hygiene and Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

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First Name

Shahat

Last Name

Ahmed

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Affiliation

Department of Food Hygiene and Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

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First Name

Nada

Last Name

Mansour

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Affiliation

Department of Food Hygiene and Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

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Volume

62

Article Issue

4

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47599

Issue Date

2016-10-01

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2024-07-06

Publish Date

2016-10-01

Page Start

45

Page End

52

Print ISSN

1110-1423

Online ISSN

2537-1045

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VMJG_Volume 62_Issue 4_Pages 45-52.pdf

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https://vmjg.journals.ekb.eg/article_365339.html

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544

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Publication Title

Veterinary Medical Journal (Giza)

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https://vmjg.journals.ekb.eg/

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Bacterial Quality of Ready to Eat Meals Provided In Food Serving Establishments In Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia

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23 Dec 2024