Evaluation of the microbial quality of some chicken meat products in EL-Gharbia governorate, Egypt.

A grand total of randomly hundred samples of poultry meat products(fresh pane, luncheon, burger and popcorn) 25 of each were gathered from various supermarkets in different cities at Gharbia Governorate, Egypt for bacteriological examination of aerobic plate count, Staphylococcal, Enterobacteriacae , Psycotrophic , Coliform and Yeast and Mould counts (cfu/g) which were 3.6×105 ± 1.9×105 , 4.2×102±1.2×10 , 1.9×103 ± 1.1×102 , 1.9×103 ± 1×102 , 4.3×102 ± 1.1×10 and 2.2×102 ± 2.1×10 in fresh pane , 2.2×105 ± 1.3×105 , 3.8×102 ± 1.3×10 , 2.03×103 ± 1.01×102 , 3×103 ± 2.2×102 , 5.2×102 ± 1.02×102 and 2×102 ± 1.6×10 in luncheon, 4.2×104 ± 1.2×103 , 4.8×102 ± 1×102 , 1.5×102 ± 1.1×102 , 1.8×102 ± 1.1×102 , 3.3×102 ± 1.6×10 and 1.06×102 ± 0.5 in burger , 3.7×104 ± 2.1×103 , 3.9×103 ± 1.5×102 , 2.8×102 ± 1.2×10 , 3.01×102 ± 0.5×10 , 2.03×102 ± 1.2×10 and 3.3×102 ± 1.2×10 in popcorn samples, respectively .Also, the incidence of coagulase positive Staphylococcus aureus isolated from fresh pane, luncheon, burger and popcorn were 23.17%, 39.7%, 23.07% and 47.14% respectively. Also, fifteen isolates of E. coli serotypes (Coagulase positive) were isolated from examined samples represented as E.Coli O78 (46.66%), E.coli O124 (13.33%), E. coli O114 (13.33%), ,E coli O128:H2 (6.66%) and E coli O142 (20%). The importance of the isolated microorganism and the recommended requirements to prevent or even minimize contamination of chicken meat product were discussed.