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Table 1 Mean log count of bacterial load of chicken meat in poultry chain

From: Microbial quality of poultry meat in an ISO 22000:2005 certified poultry processing plant of Kathmandu valley

Sampling time

Biological hazards

Mean log 10 cfu/gm at different phases in poultry chain

Evisceration

Final washing

Frozen

Market

August

TMC

7.84

5.96

4.84

4.66

TCC

3.4

3.3

2.2

2

TFCC

2.24

2.2

1

0

TSC

3.25

2.4

2.2

1.9

September

TMC

7.65

6.04

4.64

4.60

TCC

3.29

3.28

2.5

2.3

TFCC

2.25

2.2

0

0

TSC

3.04

2.38

2.1

2.08

October

TMC

6.29

5.6

4.04

4.0

TCC

3.74

3

2

2

TFCC

2.69

2.3

0

0

TSC

3.47

2.25

2.04

2

November

TMC

6.43

5.89

4.79

4.49

TCC

3.14

2.4

2.35

2.2

TFCC

2.2

2

1

0

TSC

3.81

3.3

2.52

1.95

December

TMC

6.41

5.87

4.69

4.51

TCC

3.86

3.73

2.53

2.43

TFCC

2.69

2.5

0

0

TSC

3.56

2.29

2.2

2.04

  1. Note
  2. TMC Total Mesophilic Bacterial Count, TCC Total Coliform Count
  3. TFCC Total Faecal Coliform Count, TSC Total Staphylococi Count