TY - JOUR ID - 116617 TI - Effect of Four Chicken Carcass Transportation Methods at Selected Room Temperatures on the Bacterial Load of Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella Species, and Escherichia coli JO - Archives of Razi Institute JA - ARI LA - en SN - 0365-3439 AU - Hosseinnezhad, N. AU - Ahari, H. AU - Akhondzadeh, A. AD - Department of Food Science and Technology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2018 PY - 2018 VL - 73 IS - 2 SP - 95 EP - 106 KW - Salmonella KW - E. coli KW - Staphylococcus aureus poisoning KW - chicken transportation DO - 10.22092/ari.2018.116617 N2 - Pathogenic bacteria are responsible for a significant number of food poisonings in humans through infected poultries. The main objective of this study was to assess the effect of transportation of chicken carcasses at 18-24, 4-5, and 10-14 oC on the bacterial loads of Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella species, and Escherichia coli. This study was conducted on 180 fresh chicken carcasses (1197.0±19.88 g) randomly collected from a commercial poultry processing plant in southern Tehran, Iran, in a hot season in 2015. The sampling was performed at two stages, namely post-chilled washing and after 4 h of transportation. In the latter stage, the samples were selected from three vehicles with three types of temperatures. These vehicles included a pickup (18-24 oC), a refrigerated car (4-5 oC), and a refrigerated vehicle with switched off refrigerator (10-14 oC). According to the results, the whole body carcass samples transported at the pickup temperature had the highest mean total count (18.63×106±2.82×106 cfu.ml-1) and was greater (P<0.05) than the standard limit (5×106). On the other hand, the samples carried by the vehicle with switched off refrigerator had the lowest total count (0.65±0.04×106 cfu.ml-1). Similar results were obtained for S. aureus; accordingly, it reached the maximum (333.0±30.73 cfu.ml-1) at 18-24 oC, which was lower than the national standard limit even after 4 h of transportation. In addition, the cfu values for the total count and S. aureus sampled from the chicken carcasses were lower than the national standard level even after 4 h of carcass transportation, with the exception of Salmonella spp. at the three vehicle temperatures and E. coli at the pickup temperature. It was suggested that the transportation temperature of less than 10-14 oC could not affect the fresh chicken carcass to be contaminated with S. aureus and E. coli. UR - https://archrazi.areeo.ac.ir/article_116617.html L1 - https://archrazi.areeo.ac.ir/article_116617_4b8313ec5cd83e4617786960268bcdb9.pdf ER -