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Table 3 Microbiological contamination of meat from the clam Tivela mactroides, before and after thermal processing, sampled in Caraguatatuba Bay, southeastern Brazil

From: Assessment of contamination of the beach clam Tivela mactroides: implications for food safety of a recreational and subsistence marine resource in Caraguatatuba Bay, Brazil

Agents

Unit

Ref. val.

Thermal processing

Brasil, Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária ( 2001 )

FAO/WHO Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations/World Health Organization ( 2008 )

Site 2

Site 5

Before

After

Before

After

Fecal coliforms

MPN/g

50

700

≥2400

<3

9

9

Staphylococcus aureus

CFU/g

1000

 

12000

Abs.

4000

Abs.

Salmonella sp.

 

Abs.

 

Pres.

Abs.

Pres.

Abs.

Vibrio cholerae

 

Abs.

 

Pres.

Abs.

Pres.

Pres.

  1. Ref. Val. = maximum reference limits for human consumption, MPN = most probable number, CFU = colony-forming units, Abs. = absence, Pres. = presence.