Device for Microbiological Sampling of Meat Surfaces
- 1 July 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Food Protection
- Vol. 41 (7), 546-548
- https://doi.org/10.4315/0362-028x-41.7.546
Abstract
A coring device for sampling meat surfaces was developed. Aerobic plate counts of beef and pork carcasses were significantly higher when determined by the coring method than by the cotton or alginate swab technique.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Experiments in Sanitizing Beef With Sodium HypochloriteJournal of Food Protection, 1977
- Comparison of microbial counts on beef carcasses by using the moist-swab contact method and secondary tissue removal techniqueApplied and Environmental Microbiology, 1977
- METHOD OF ESTIMATING THE BACTERIAL POPULATION ON SURFACESCanadian Journal of Microbiology, 1965