Aerobic spore formers in battered and breaded fish products

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Food Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University

2 Animal Health Research Institute, Shebin El-Koom Branch

Abstract

A total of 90random samples of half cooked battered breaded fish products represented by fish pane,
fish fingers and fish nuggets (30 0f each) were collected from different supermarkets in Kalyoubia
governorate. The samples were examined for sensory evaluation and detection of aerobic spore formers
to assure their quality. The obtained results indicated that the mean sensory panel scores for color,
adhesion, texture and overall acceptability were2.96, 2.93, 2.88 and 2.92for fish panne, 2.90, 3.13,
2.67and 2.90.for fish fingers and 2.93, 3.16, 2.56 and 2.89 for fish nuggets, respectively. Mean count
values of APC and aerobic spore former count (cfu/g) were1.07×104± 0.35×105 and 2.084×103 for fish
panne, 8.33×104± 1.04×104 and 6.54×102 for fish finger and 2.61×105± 1.73×104 and 2.44×103 for fish
nuggets, respectively. The public health significance of the isolated bacteria was discussed

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