BACTERIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF ICE USED IN MUCURIPE MARKET, FORTALEZA, BRAZIL

Citation
Rhsf. Vieira et al., BACTERIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF ICE USED IN MUCURIPE MARKET, FORTALEZA, BRAZIL, Food control, 8(2), 1997, pp. 83-85
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology","Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
ISSN journal
09567135
Volume
8
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
83 - 85
Database
ISI
SICI code
0956-7135(1997)8:2<83:BQOIUI>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A close examination of the microbiological quality of the ice made and used in the local markets in Fortaleza, Brazil, revealed it to be of poor quality. Besides the common food spoilage organisms often encount ered in sea foods, foodbourne pathogens (streptococcus, listeria and f ecal coliforms) were also detected. Gramnegative bacilli/cocacacilli o utnumbered all other groups by representing 78% of the total 90 isolat es. The remaining 12% included gram-positive non-spore forming rods an d gram-positive cocci. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.