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The Cooked Meats were, as reported upon last year, frequently
found to have heavy counts and emphasises the importance of reducing
handling to a minimum and for a strict supervision and frequent check
of the premises.
The sausage samples represented 17 brands and consisted of 24 pork,
5 beef and 5 mixed meats. Twenty-seven of the samples were from local
cafes and seven from a local manufacturer. Twenty-three samples were
raw, two samples were cooked and nine samples were divided into two,
half the sample being raw and the remainder cooked. Twenty-six samples
were without protective covering and eight were in their original pack.
The cooked samples had either been boiled for 5 minutes or grilled for
approximately & - 34 of an hour.
RESULTS
Total Count
The number of viable organisms in the raw samples varied from 70,00060,000,000/gm.
7 pre-packed samples had a count between 70,000 - 1,200,000/gm.
1 pre-packed sample had a count of 9,800,000/gm.
11 unpacked samples had a count between 400,000 - 10,000,000/gm.
13 unpacked samples had a count of 10,000,000 - 60,000,000/gm.
THE TOTAL COUNT IN COOKED SAMPLES VARIED FROM 1,000 - 100,000/gm-
One sample contained 5,200,000 viable organisms per gm. This high total
count was found to be due to heat resistant aerobic spore bearers.
COLIFORMS
Coliforms were found in all the raw samples.
Faecal Coli were found in 28 samples of which six were pre-packed.
No Faecal Coli were found in 2 samples. Both were pre-packed.
NO COLIFORM OR FAECAL COLI WERE FOUND IN THE COOKED SAMPLES.
NO SAMPLE, RAW OR COOKED, CONTAINED SALMONELLA, STAPHYLOCOCCI OR CL.
WELCHII.
RAW MEAT INGREDIENT
Nine samples of raw meat used in the manufacture were collected
from three local sausage manufacturers. Also one sample of high quality
beef from a local butcher. These shewed the following results:-
Total Viable Count
2 samples of beef had a count of 250,000 and 700,000 per gm.
2 samples of pork had a count of 1,000,000 & 7,200,000 per gm.
1 samples of pork belly had a count of 22,000,000 per gm.
1 sample of mutton had a count of 1,200,000 per gm.
2 samples of mixed meat cuttings had a count of 1,200,000 &
2,000,000 per gm.
1 sample of lamb had a count of more than 80,000,000 per gm.
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