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Abstract
In this study, 350 random samples of retailed meat products representing ready to eat (RTE) meat products were tested bacteriologically for S. aureus, E. coli and Salmonella spp.. The examined samples included 50 of each of the following RTE meat: beef kofta, meat shawerma, chicken shawerma, pasterma, beef luncheon, sausage and chicken luncheon, collected from different supermarkets at Giza, Egypt.
High levels of bacterial contamination were detected of S. aureus, E. coli and Salmonella spp. with incidence rates of 58%, 20 % and 8 %, respectively. Pasterma samples were amaizingly contaminated with incidence rates of the three species of bacteria being 64%, 24% and 24%, respectively.
In contrast, E. coli was detected in 12% of the beef luncheon samples while S. aureus and salmonellae were not isolated. The same finding was almost met with chicken luncheon where E. coli was the only detected bacteria in 14% of the samples.
Kofta showed the highest level of salmonella incidence (8%).