Quality monitoring of chicken grilled on charcoal in Kafr El-Sheikh governorate

الملخص EN

A total of fifty grilled chicken samples were randomly collected under aseptic condition from different restaurants in Kafr El-Sheikh Province.

All samples were subjected to bacteriological examination to determine the incidence of some food pathogenic bacteria.

Results revealed that the mean value of total bacterial count was 6.4 x 104 in grilled chicken samples and the mean total enterobacteriaceae counts were 1.1 x 103 and 3.2 x 103 for Staph.

auers counts.

Four serotypes of Salmonella organism were isolated from grilled chicken and identified as S.

typhimerium (6%) and S.

enteritidis (2%).

The public health significance of isolated bacterial was discussed and suggestions for improving sanitary condition of grilled chicken.